tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post1870174911547342351..comments2023-10-23T20:14:05.916-05:00Comments on Ruth's Rambles...: This Week's H/School Journal.Hi from Ruth!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-87341456902159290162012-11-12T01:57:43.199-06:002012-11-12T01:57:43.199-06:00You know I know nothing about this stuff but...! I...You know I know nothing about this stuff but...! If you WANT to keep some kind of record, some people take a digital pic before recycling and then keep all that stuff in a file so you get to keep it, and but it does t take up any space! Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09352341442556433375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-2006202389738066702012-11-10T22:01:02.471-06:002012-11-10T22:01:02.471-06:00Thank you so much Ramona. Wow, between the two of...Thank you so much Ramona. Wow, between the two of you, you've helped me see how guilt was weighing down that decision. It seems so clear now.<br /><br />Thank you thank you.<br /><br />RuthHi from Ruth!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-32486475619535896312012-11-10T21:23:42.435-06:002012-11-10T21:23:42.435-06:00As a former teacher I agree that you should just p...As a former teacher I agree that you should just pitch all those work papers. As has been said they are part of the learning process not a completed masterpiece. When kids gave me things that were "gifts" they were never a page of "Aa" or addition facts. They were always things they had created from their own imaginations. That is what they thought was special and should be hung up or kept in a special place. No guilt, woman let those papers fly!rosedelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908968324873154422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-21667743833913246132012-11-10T18:31:06.351-06:002012-11-10T18:31:06.351-06:00You know, Jackie, your comment is extremely helpfu...You know, Jackie, your comment is extremely helpful. It IS just clutter and, though I've never thought of it as this before, I think you're also dead on that it's all just "practice." It's interesting, too, that it used to bother you when you'd see a kid throwing something he'd just done into the garbage. Seth is like that, too, with school work - he'd be happy to toss it on his way out the door...it's been ME who has stopped him and collected it all carefully together.<br /><br />But for what purpose, really??<br /><br />I think what I'll do is this: keep the stuff until we've finished going through the alphabet once (we're not quite half way done), which should happen shortly after Christmas. Then, before we start going through the whole alphabet again, I'll pull out 2 or 3 things are they did particularly well or that showed their progress, then I'll take a picture of the papers spread all over the floor, and then we'll fill up a chunk of that recycling bin.<br /><br />I do believe I now have a plan. Thanks for crystalling that for me...I was feeling so uncertain and even GUILTY at the thought of throwing out their work!! You have freed me up. Perfect.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />RuthHi from Ruth!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-68633142601145076222012-11-10T17:54:32.628-06:002012-11-10T17:54:32.628-06:00Hi Ruth,
Hope your retreat is restful and peacefu...Hi Ruth,<br /><br />Hope your retreat is restful and peaceful. <br /><br />About all the piles of work... I would say "let it go"... recycle it. Keep only what is beautiful and precious. Remember it is all just practice... like practicing piano, or a sport, or yoga, or sudoku, or chess... we can't keep or store any of those things and we wouldn't want to. So why do we cling to all the papers just because they have 'material' presence? I think that's a complicated question. It feels good to just let them flow into the background as part of the practice of learning and then they are behind us and we are practicing/mastering the next step. When I was a classroom teacher, at first it bugged me when I would see children throw their work in the garbage like it didn't matter or it wasn't important to them. But then I realized that they were right and that they understood it was 'just practice'. It mattered in the moment and then it was over. At that point I also stopped sending very much "clutter" home with them either because I knew their moms would feel guilty if they didn't know what to do with it and wanted to throw it away... It was probably better in the "olden days" when children did this work on a slate and then just erased it! that's my thoughts of the day! I'm trying to learn to get rid of more things myself. It's hard work! We cling to all that somehow. <br />JackieJackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602072450660879128noreply@blogger.com