songbird's crazy world

this afternoon Becca sent me a text, she HAD to talk to me about one of her teachers. so we talked when I came home this evening. without going into details...she had a personality conflict with the teacher, and I agreed with her that the teacher's behavior towards her ... what should have been a private matter between Becca and the teacher became very public, the teacher said something to Becca in front of the entire class...and the teacher didn't have her facts straight... at first I was going to call the teacher myself....but for now, she wants to talk to her guidance counselor and the teacher tomorrow, take control of the issue herself. I'm proud of her for dealing with it herself, but I'm starting to feel a bit obsolete.

Monday February 16th is Presidents' Day -- a 3-day weekend for URI students, and the beginning of midwinter recess at our high school. Just before Jen went back to school last month, she and Becca made plans. Becca is going to visit Jen on 2/12 - that's this coming Thursday. I want Becca to see the URI campus from the perspective of a student (she saw the campus on move-in day, but that's different.) I don't think URI is on Becca's list, but seeing the school will give her a frame of reference when she visits other colleges. and the fact that there's a Jason Mraz concert at URI thursday night...has nothing to do with the timing of the visit. ;-) so the plan was for both girls to come home to Long Island on the 13th. then Becca and I were planning to drive Jen back to school Monday night, because on Tuesday we are headed to Boston to check out several schools. so two days ago I made the hotel reservations...one night in Rhode Island, two in Boston. Jen came ...