Campain speeches and O.D.D

Those of you who watch Parenthood can relate to this situation.  Remember when Max ran for Student Council President?  Well, Brady has come home telling me that he is running for Student Council representative for his class.  Thank goodness it's just for his class and not President of the whole thing.  This is how he tells me he's going to run:  "I'm going to run for Student Council." Me:  "That's good."  Him:  "Yeah.  It's my New Year's resolution to run for stuff."  Me: "Ooooookkkkkkk....."  So now we have to come up with a campaign speech.  I mean, what do you say in these things?  "I will represent our class well....I will attend the monthly meeting....."  What?  If there are any speech writers out there, I am accepting all submissions.  Please remember it needs to be on a 5th grade level.  :)

So the kids had eye appointments today which meant I had to pick them up about an hour early from school.  It's never a good thing when you walk in the door and the secretary says, "Mrs Tapia wants you to walk on down to the room so she can talk with you."  Well crap.....Lily has apparently had a very trying day today. Very little focus.  Her teacher asked her multiple times if she had her patch (for ADD) on which Lily replied yes (she did have it on).  Very unfocused today.  Her teacher said it's almost like she's defiant.  I said, "funny you should say that because that's what the school based therapist said about her last year.  Clearly oppositional defiant disorder." This stuns me.  I've got one kid (Brady) who is pretty much a nightmare at home but an angel at school.  Then Lily who is an angel at home and a nightmare at school.  At home she is not oppositional or defiant very much at all.  You tell her to clean her room and she does it.  She volunteers to do dishes and laundry!  Then at school it's kind of like she's putting up both her middle fingers to the whole concept of organized education and throwing them all a great big "F you!"  So the district behaviorist will now be coming Monday to observe her....let's see how that goes.

So recap--we need a campaign speech and Lily is well on her way to Alternative School!