Embracing Change (Well, SOME Change)

     I like to think of myself as being able to embrace change. I understand that fads will change and adapt over time, and most of them I can go along with.  I loved replacing my regular reading strategies with the popular “Beanie Babies” strategies. I found great educational uses for SillyBandz.  I even made Angry Birds math stations.

     While I can roll with these changes, I deeply value nostalgia and feel that there are some things that are harder to embrace.  For instance:

1. When did kids start adding, “Cha Cha Cha” to the end of each line of “Happy Birthday?”   Is that a local thing or do your kids sing it too?  It makes me crazy!
2. For decades, kids everywhere have settled playground tiffs by using, “Rock-paper-scissors-shoot!”  Lately however, all the kids say, “Rock-paper-scissors-SAYS shoot!” Says??  Says?? That’s all wrong.  Wrong, wrong, wrong!
3. This one is my biggest pet peeve.  I’m all for learning from environmental print, but if my kiddos don’t stop writing “we” as “wii” my head is going to explode! (I made a poster for my writing center to help with this. You can grab a copy if your head is ready to pop, too!)

     So, I guess I’ll have to keep rolling with the changes, embracing some and cringing at others.  How are you with change?  What drives you crazy? I was given a glimmer of hope (and nostalgia got a point) the other day when one of my kids said, “Holy Moly, Jeff Spicoli!”  80’s reference anyone?

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