A new school year is around the corner and with that comes thoughts of accountability and planning and what do we do first type of ideas. Some of what I do will be worked around the lad’s classes at the local highschool as honestly…. there are some classes they teach effectively without me doing a whole lot of legwork figuring out. (something I’m not so good at).
But with this Five minute Friday prompt, will I talk about accountability in homeschooling, or accountability elsewhere? I suppose in many ways it kinda ties together doesn’t it?
Accountability
Accountability
rears its head.
Pointing out I should
do as I said.
But is it fair
I question loud
when life intervenes
making one feel cowed?
Can I push it aside
Looking another way?
Thinking I’ll get
caught some day?
I saw a post
written on a blog
about a lady
Her kids a daily log.
Chronicling activities
summarizing reads
Asking questions
The learning it breeds.
I think of how
I want progress made
to teach new skills
in a teenager laid.
Helping a brain
to keep on task.
Remembering progress
without having to ask.
Think me then
If journalling helps
Maybe it isn’t
just for whelps?
A mother can learn
Daily to track
Progress made spiritual
not just physical flack.
Counting on words written
Not memory it fades,
Can’t leave in the dust
in some forgotten shade.
Keep it together
journalling soon
A boy’s brain to learn patterns
A mom’s opportune.
Continuing Thoughts
My poem, feels unfinished, but then my thoughts are too. I mentioned to the lad what this lady did with her kids, the journalling part which helps them remember where they left off and what they need to do next. He thought it would help as he has a number of unfinished assignments that he forgets about before he moves on to the next assignment.
And I think about how I want to focus on building stronger spiritual skills, how I want to actually start creating product, but it’s so easy to forget, or to get caught up in daily activities that I don’t make the space needed. When I track what I do, I find that more space opens up because I feel more focused. If that makes any sense. So we’re still feeling out ideas and plans…but thinking that a daily “I did this”, so I know where I’m picking up from, would be good for both of us, a new skill to learn, kind of a reverse accountability planner? Are those the words I’m looking for?
Sounds like a good idea. I might try that.
Thanks for sharing.
P.S. Glad I checked back to see if there were any late FMF entries, because I missed you the first read around.
I’m glad you checked too! I was quite late this week.
Thanks for sharing your poem! I journal some, but not very consistently! Visiting from FMF #34 this week.
it’s a new goal for us.
Nice poetry. I read that you thought this was incomplete. That’s what is cool about journaling and poetry. We can always return to fine-tune, add, edit, etc. Visiting from FMF. 🙂
there is that… I”ll have to see if I come back to it. 🙂
Interesting idea. I find journaling burdensome but then that is my personality. You seem to do well putting thoughts to page (or screen 🙂 ). I do like checklists for this reason – it keeps me focused when I need direction and shows me what I need to do next. Julia works well this way and for that reason, we’ll be setting up her notebook again for this school year. It is kind of an interesting idea that journaling what you do today might keep you on track for tomorrow. Worth a try, I’d think.
The lad thinks it will help so that’s an important part in all this thinking….