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nani
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Indulge me for a moment...
« on: Mar 28th, 2005, 9:23pm » |
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...while I brag about my kids. I had to take both my grandkids in for strep cultures today. Mooshie had no school and we had to get her brother Jobo out of school early. He goes to school 30 miles away. On the freeway I'm listening to moosh makes all these funny sounds. Pa, pay, pee, poo, sa, shay, she, soo. I'm thinking...What the hell is she doing? I look over and she is intently studying her uncle's (my oldest son's) college Japanese textbook. She has a paper and pencil and is diligently writing kanji (sp?) -Japanese charachters, and pronouncing basic Japanese language sounds. I ask her what she's doing and she says..."I'm teaching myself to speak Japanese." I wanted to laugh at first, but she's really doing pretty well. If anyone could pull this off...it's my moosh. 
We get to Jobo's school and he hands me a letter. It's from the United States Academic Achievement Academy. He was nominated by one of his teachers for inclusion in the All American Scholar Program, where he's eligible to be awarded grants and scholarships. He'll be included in the yearbook this year. At first I thought...oh sure, I'll have to buy the book. But I don't. I can buy it (and probably will LOL) but he's in as soon as I sign the permission form. I didn't even think he was that good a student.
Damn...these kids are amazing!! I only wish I had something to do with it! 
Thank you for listening.
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #1 on: Mar 28th, 2005, 9:28pm » |
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It's always great to read about kids excelling. Take it from this former high school teacher.
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #2 on: Mar 28th, 2005, 9:29pm » |
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Wow awesome !!!! I never got NICE letters from the teachers for my daughter.......complaint dept Pam
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #3 on: Mar 28th, 2005, 9:37pm » |
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THAT is just FANTASTIC, Nani! You must be just glowing.... Continue giving them lots of encouragement. Excellent...
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #4 on: Mar 28th, 2005, 9:43pm » |
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Hmmm...you really don't think you had nothing to do with it, huh? I beg to differ! 
Great news about the kids Nani! Continue giving them the love, support, acceptance and encouragement that you give them and they will continue to shine and excel in life...
Tell them we're very proud of them!
Love,
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #5 on: Mar 28th, 2005, 9:48pm » |
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I am very happy for you and the children.
Sounds like you are doing a very good job!
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #6 on: Mar 28th, 2005, 11:55pm » |
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Nani, that's FANTASTIC!
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #7 on: Mar 29th, 2005, 4:04am » |
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Proud of them and you too Nani! Give them my love
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #8 on: Mar 29th, 2005, 4:55am » |
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Glad to hear.
Maybe you are raising some kind of savant here?
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #9 on: Mar 29th, 2005, 7:00am » |
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That is so awesome Nani! As we say here...
Those kids are wicked smaahht!
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #10 on: Mar 29th, 2005, 10:46am » |
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on Mar 28th, 2005, 9:23pm, nani wrote:... (sp?) ...these kids are amazing!! I only wish I had something to do with it!
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You probably have more to do with it than you realize. Much more.
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #11 on: Mar 29th, 2005, 7:12pm » |
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Nani that is great. EDIT to add that BobG is right hun. You are a HUGE influence on them.
My kids amaze me. My daughter is smart as hell as long as she is not bored. She CAN get straight a's but usually doesn't because she just does not borther to turn in the homework that we do every night. Then she gets an award for being "Most Dramatic" 
My sons (age 2) has a new teacher. The old one says. "OK you can not talk to Cameron like he is 2. You have to talk to him like he is an old man. If he acts like he does not know what you are talking about he is lying and just ignoring you." Got that sounds a lot like Don.
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #12 on: Mar 29th, 2005, 7:18pm » |
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Encourage her to continue! Japanese is one of the hardest languages to learn. It will benefit her in the future. David
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Re: Indulge me for a moment...
« Reply #13 on: Mar 29th, 2005, 7:36pm » |
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Nani: just read your post about your grandkids. ya done good. they done good. tell them to keep it up, it will be worth it.
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