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The First of Many
So I did something for the first time yesterday. I had a parent/teacher conference at Felix's school and it seems a shame to start this tradition in preschool because they are so completely encouraging and happy that all future parent/teacher conferences can't be nearly so happy.
I assume part of the genius of being a preschool teacher is having the talent to let each parent know how wonderful his or her particular child is and seem completely sincere and honest about it. I tried very hard to maintain my cynical skepticism (or skeptical cynicism-- whichever is most appropriate), but I got utterly swept up in hearing about these little details that Felix keeps to himself.
Oh, so he loved meeting a hermit crab, did he? News to me. And which kids does he play with? Really? News to me. He claims to only recall the name of one other child unless various forms of trickery are employed.
It doesn't matter, of course, that he keeps school private, but as I was letting Sebastian rip my hair out to him tremendous pleasure yesterday afternoon, I thought hard about how I know everything about Sebastian's days and moods and tastes, but that Felix has increasing areas of mystery.
Of course this happens, and has to happen, and even though it does feel unsettlingly sudden, that conference was as relaxing as a massage (and didn't make me self-conscious as "body work" tends to do).
And here's a small holiday present idea for any of you out there who have public transit-obsessed children (though I say this knowing that if your kids are TRULY transit-obsessed you will already know about this): a company called Munipals has made some quite charming NYC subway cars that fit on most popular (the Brio and ersatz Brio, certainly) wooden train tracks. They come in "A" "F" "1" "4" and "7" cars, so Felix won't be able to replicate his ride to school, but he'll just have to figure out new places to visit when his parents select some cars for him.
posted by Elise at 12:35 PM
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They're not faking it. I spent many years as a preschool teacher. Most of us who do that work are just totally crazy about young children (so much so that we stay in a pitifully underpaid field for years and years and years...)
12/16/2007 3:35 PM
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