To do or not to do? That is the question.

I am expecting a small scolding from Mrs. Taylor and my other teacher friends for this one but I have to say I was totally at the end of my rope and...I was pretty excited about MY AWESOME montage.

Marissa has a Language Arts class that she just CAN NOT please her teacher in AT ALL! She worked on her montage for days! Cutting and pasting,even drawing her own photos, the ones I used on her 3rd montage finale. I was impressed with her ability to put it ALL together ON HER OWN, from beginning to end! She worked on the draft and everything, all 7 pages with her own creative abilities and I was impressed.

Her teacher had her bring it back home and re-do her montage because she felt she needed it to be more "montagie". No biggie, she worked on it again that evening and took it back to school,again. That afternoon she came home from school with her montage,AGAIN! This time it was not quite "neat" enough. Now I totally understand and appreciate her giving sis the opportunity to "make a good grade" but this is the part that upsets me, Marissa does have other subjects in school that also require attention! This time I told her to do her other homework and I would do her montage- Of course I had to discuss my issue with a few parents that share the same teacher and have been told that they completed their child's montage and actually had already turned it in.

Do you think teachers can really tell when parents have completed a childs project? I mean, for real, compared to her other montage I feel there is a definite contrast. Can she not tell? Either way the only response she had for Marissa was "See Marissa, I knew you could do it". Probably not the best way to build her self-esteem, but I was quite impressed with my project!

Oh, and yes...that is actual beach sand with coral in it and everything if you are wondering.