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Last day of school


It was the last day of school today. The kids brought home report cards. Philip got what we expected. He did do well in English and Art and Sports.It was nice to read Philip actually does very well in something! Thomas did worse then I expected. His problem seems to be understanding the German. He can read and write German, but he doesn't really understand it. He also stays quite in class. They grade high for classroom participation. He was very disappointed in his grades. He cried. I told him he needed to do a little home work everyday in the vacation. He is especially weak in Nature science. We are going to cover some of the stuff he will need to know in 3rd grade so he will be doing it with more understanding. Nicole did pretty good in everything but Math and Latin. She has 12 very difficult subjects including Chemistry and Physics, German and French. Her GPA is still a 2.5, so We are very OK with her school work! Jessica brought home some art she has been working on. It's mostly scribbling but she enjoyed it. She also loved her swimming. I was hoping to get more of her writing, but they didn't send that with her. We will have to call her teacher and ask for copes of Jessica's writing.
Philip has a sleep EEG next Tuesday. We have to wake him up at 2 am and keep him up until 10am for the EEG. I'm not really sure if this is really doable, but we will try. Night time seizures are one cause for memory problems in children. We have to check under every rock and behind every tree to find the cause of his learning problems. If there is anything at all we can do to help him, we need to find it.

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mimifrancoise said…
Yesterday I attended a seminar and one physician discussed the benefits of the ion foot bath to detox the body of toxins. She said she had seen amazing results. Do you have such a thing in Germany? You may want to do a google search to investigate its uses and benefits. It might be useful for Philip or Jessica.
Fran, grandmother to 2 Chinese little girls
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