Yes on speak up before you pick up! Speak up early and often to nip things in the bud.
Just dropped kids at school. Last day. I got weepy talking to one of my son's teachers. She was weepy too. She is a lovely woman who has helped me see my son through different eyes. Calls him a lovely soul. Sometimes hard for me to see when he is running around screaming and throwing things at his sister and me. My kids are in a school which has split grades so they have the same two teachers for two years. My daughter moves from kindergarten to first grade and keeps her teachers. My son is moving on to fourth grade and leaving his second/third grade teachers behind. Hence the weeping. I have to accept that my babies aren't babies anymore.
Time to stop pondering and get ready for work. Friday, it's Friday! Weather is cool, breezy and brightly sunny. A bit of a nip in the air. Gorgeous.