Entry 12
Ruby's punishment was hard to think on. Grounding her because she tried to stop a criminal doesn't send the right message. Yes, criminals need to be stopped. However, she isn't a huntress yet. She should help out where she can, but to take on a criminal by herself was irresponsible. It's the same lesson coming up again. I've been trying to teach Yang responsibility for years. I guess that makes me the one with the problem. Maybe I wasn't teaching the lesson right this whole time.
That would explain why Yang was upset that Ruby's punishment was sparring with me. It was different from the regular treatment I had given her for essentially the same thing. Granted, sparring isn't a punishment for Yang. I bet she would revel in the opportunity to fight with me after I chew her out for something. I don't know what I have to do to make it sink in, but I really do need to think of something before her recklessness comes back and bites her.
It seems so obvious, but I don't think I've ever really thought about all of this until writing it down just now. Giving out punishments shouldn't just be a quick thing. Hell, looking over my last few entries that seems to be all I've done. I need to start teaching a lesson with each one. Not just let the girls think on it themselves. That won't teach them anything.
Tai, you're a teacher. Both of your girls are your students. Why has that concept been so hard to grasp? Make a lesson plan and teach it. Parenting should be easy stuff.
All the same, it might be too late now. Ruby and Yang leave for Beacon in about two weeks. If Ruby is going to manage to fight with students two years her senior, she's going to need a crash course in two years of classes. Since Yang is going to be at Beacon with her, I think we can pass over martial arts for now. Ruby is going to need to play to her strengths to hang around the other student's skill levels. She'll have to pick up hand to hand in Goodwitch's sparring classes, instead of here with me.
That leaves two weeks to focus on her scythe, aura, and semblance. I know Qrow had her running through obstacle courses, and she's been following his scythe training for weeks now. If this is going to be a crash course, she's going to need the real thing.
Come to think of it, a two week camping trip might be just the thing we need before the girls head off. The woods around here have had Grimm for years. It will be just like a regular mission out in the field. I can teach them survival skills, and then we can have both girls take on Grimm under my watch. That should give Ruby all the combat experience she needs to get through initiation, and Yang the chance to fight something that isn't me. I might even be able to teach Zwei how to track Grimm. We'll be like a regular team! Team TRYZ!
Okay. I'm going to stop writing about it. I'm going to get too excited about this before bed.
I guess that shows how much I miss it. When was the last time I even wanted to go on a mission? Twenty years ago? Probably just before Yang was born. That was when Oz was personally sending team STRQ out. For a while there we were constantly out doing something. When Raven got pregnant, I guess he eased up on us a bit. Sure, we went on the occasional scouting job, but it was different. I guess he wanted to let us slow down to prepare for lives with a newborn.
I remember that being easy for Summer. She wanted to spoil the girl rotten. Luckily, she was Raven's kid, otherwise Yang might have a cookie addiction like Ruby. Qrow was a bit torn. I think he liked how close Yang brought us, but I don't think he was ready to slow down. I suppose he still isn't considering what he's currently up to.
I slowed down to take care of Raven. If it weren't for me, I'm pretty sure she would have been fighting up until she went into labor. I'm actually positive she would have. Raven was the only one that seemed worried about the pregnancy. She loved the thought of Yang, but I think she was more scared of slowing down than Qrow.
Looking back on it all, she must have been scared that she was abandoning her reason from coming to Beacon in the first place. Although, I think both her and Qrow gave that up because of Summer. How did we ever get along?
