OK, here goes: You may want to just hit another link now. You were warned.
Monica got a detention today, to be served tomorrow. She missed an assignment. OK, I know. She should have done it. I know she blew it off or lost it. I ALSO know that she makes straight A's in school. She doesn't get in trouble, and she's on the friggin' honor roll. So, we miss ONE assignment, and you want me to leave work 2 hours early in the middle of busy season? NOPE! Not happenin'.
Brett will be able to pick her up tomorrow, so she'll do it, but Mom asked "what if?" so here it is. IF there was no way to get her, I'd call the school. If they kept her after, knowing I had no way to pick her up, they DAMN sure better find some way to get her to Mom's afterwards.
I get so fed up with school sometimes. I have to fill out so much paperwork, the kids are done with homework before I am. I work almost 50 hours a week, plus the 2 hours of driving to and from each day, and your teachers are going to lecture me??!! I don't FREAKING think so. I do my best. My kids do their best. I am a good Mom, and my kids are clean, fed, housed and happy. Screw you, public school!
If I was rich, I'd hire a tutor for home-schooling. I don't have the patience for it, so I wouldn't do it, but I'd have someone here who was willing. Not some chick who wants to send my kid home for a 99.9 temp, or for the sniffles, or who wants to lecture me about the scratches on Monica's glasses. You wanna buy glasses two times a year? OK, here's her prescription, knock yourself out...literally.
Yeah, I know, Natalie straggles behind sometimes. She's easily distracted and takes forever to get her shoes on. Know what else? SHE'S FRIGGIN' 9 YEARS OLD! Deal with it, or teach another grade. Get off my ASS about how you have to remind her about things. Kevin couldn't find his keys this morning and I forgot to pack a lunch for myself. Give me detention, I dare you!
OK, I think I'm done. I have to go pay over $60 for Brett's cap and gown shit for graduation, and then write checks for all three lunch accounts. Then, I'll sign the girls' agendas and check homework. Then I'll fold some laundry and do the dishes and worry about Brett until he gets home from work.
Yeah, I'm not doing what I should for my kids. You already mentioned that, Mrs. Butthead Teacher...you made your point.
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the hell? sing it, sister...and sing it loud. If the teachers really wanna get into it...let's ask them why our kids are learning how to take a test (standardized) instead of real knowledge. "uhmm....uhh...well......" pfft. Rip 'em a new one. and get video. :)
love you chick.....
~Amy
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I could not have said that any better.....been there hated it.
Last comment was from me....(Deb)..so you know Jim wasnt saying that
Hey i second that complant. I didn't like school when i went and i can stand it even more now that i have kids in it. I hate homework. I don't think they should have it. When i go to work for 9 hours do i want to take work home with me. Hell no. neither do the kids and parents end up helping or pretty much doing it to so it's like we have homework too. My daughter makes the honor roll and they want to have a parent confrence. Why. she's doing great. so i am supposed to be late to work to talk with you when there is not even a problem. If you just want to talk call me on the phone. MONEY.. another issue i seriously have a problem with. They think we are made of money. Like it's falling out of my ears or something.
$5.00 for lunch, $5.00 for field trip, $2.00 for shirt for field trip, Donating money for this and that, $12.00 for year book. ( $30.00 for high school), $5.00 for class party. $30.00 for school pic's, $2.00 for planners. Geesh what do it look like Bank of America. See you got me on a roll... I don't like school either..
Take care ;-)
I am torn. I agree with you but want to defend good teachers! Both my daughters are teachers and I think they are good ones. They work long hours just to get maybe 8 weeks off in the summer to spend with their kids. I see my daughter online at midnight answering her "parents" emails or prepping for tomorrow's students. My other daughter has been known to travel 4 hours to visit a student in hospital. That said, if I had it to do over, I would homeschool. I also don't like as a whole their union. Brain washing in adults is so unattractive!
What ever happened to the good ole days? When a kid got a zero on a missed assignment and then spent the weekend doing it instead of fun stuff for no credit or partial credit. I've had them b*@*# at me because one of my kids might be 5 or 10 minutes late once a month or less. I say, look we are a family and family comes first. Sometimes there are things ahead of school. I despise the current "talk down your nose at parents as if they were a student" attitude that I see among the administrators all throughout our district! Not the teachers. They are level headed. But the administration needs a good slap in the face. - Barbara
"NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND"? It's a half-assed policy enacted by W which takes money away from school districts (and the teachers they have to pay) if a certain academic standard is not met. But no extra money was made available to the public schools to help. There you go. Another failed policy by a stupid republiCON. :)
Your DEMOCRAT older brother,
Russ
I think life is just hard anyway....trying to work, commute, and have a family....I am always forgetting to fill out a form, send money, or SOMETHING. Even as organized as I try to be. Some things are easier this year (no packed lunches- she eats what they have or they always have salad which she likes). My child is almost 14 and thank goodness she is very organized b/c I don't have time to do it all either. The one load of laundry per day gets done ASAP upon arrival home from work. Hubby will cook dinner, so that is a plus. And I don't have to check homework anymore, by luck! But I've started classes of my own now (on break currently)...Anyway, I just wanted to comment b/c I "hear ya"...and understand. And I will always vent in my journal but usually about my job...it's more stressful than home....LOL.
Take care.
Sonya
Thanks for the reminder. I need to send some money in!
School is so stressful sometimes for all. Perhaps if they insist on detention they can make it for before school?
I'm getting caught up with everyone, so sorry I haven't been by lately. I really liked this entry, because I can understand your feelings! My daughter has had so many problems with her teacher this year (and that has never happened before), and she has been so miserable that I have pretty much decided to home school her next year if I possibly can. She'll be starting middle school, and that's a whole seperate can of worms right there. I hope you enjoyed your rant; I did.
Lori
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