Parental Decisions

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Would you take your 5 year old to a Green Day concert?

(FYI, I find it unfair that I couldn't afford the cheap tickets, and a 5 year old got to go!)

One of the moms called today to complain to my boss that I'm too mean to her son. In all honesty, if it had been any other child, I would have felt bad that the kid thought I treated him that way, but this one? I don't give a shit. Again, in all honesty, he's a very nice boy...when he wants to be. He can be very helpful, he is friendly, has a good sense of humor, BUT. He's stubborn, obstinate, he's hit me on more than one occasion, and can get very very hyper. He runs around screaming, laughing at stupid things and gets the other kids all riled up. I was REALLY looking forward to him going to kindergarten. His mother decided at the last minute to pull him from his new school and leave him with us for the year.

Luckily for me, my boss told her that she always hears me with him. Even though I'm only with him for about 2 hours, I always start off the same way I am with all the others. Eventually, I get frustrated with him refusing to do whatever I tell him to do, and make him take a rest. I never touch him, I hardly raise my voice to him etc. She also told the mother that he frustrates her and the other teachers as well, and doesn't blame me at all for treating him the way I do. However, she does not think I am "mean" to him.

She then says to me, "the nerve of that woman! How can she blame us for her son's behaviour? She's the one that refuses to do anything about it. She doesn't even have a job and she can't even be bothered to let him have a short day?" He's there from about 9:00 until 4:30.

Yesterday, he wasn't listening to me when I had had enough of him, and was trying to make him lie down, he stood on a shelf and tipped the whole thing over on top of him. It wasn't a big shelf and it only had a few art supplies on it, but I heard the crash at the same time the other teacher there did. When I looked at him pushing the shelf off of himself and said, "WHAT did you DO?" all he would say was, "I'll fix it! I'll clean it up!" He had that look that said he clearly knew he shouldn't be standing there. He never did tell me that he was standing on the shelf. Too bad it didn't teach him anything. He stood on another one today.

I am: 9% Republican.

"You're a complete liberal, utterly without a trace of Republicanism. Your strength is as the strength of ten because your heart is pure. (You hope.)"

Are You A Republican?

Hee hee...

A sign in Boston:

Give Me Novacaine

(title courtesy of Green Day, which is playing as I write this.)

I think I want to kill myself sometimes. Like when 5 of my 7 two year olds are crying. I can't calm more than one at a time, and as soon as one starts, the rest go off. I have one that barely speaks any english, so I had to learn quieres venir? No llores! to get her to stop. I've had to resort to shutting them in the bathroom one at a time until they stop screaming. Then I have this other one that is only 2 1/2 and is becoming quite a little bully. He pushed one girl backwards and she fell and hit the shelf, he yanks toys away from the other kids, and tells me NO! at everything I tell him to do. He never used to do this. He's getting time out every time he says that to me now, and of course that starts him off screaming.

Besides this, I have to change all their diapers, wipe their noses, wash their hands and faces like every 3 minutes, keep them penned so they don't run off, AND try to TEACH them something at the same time! I have the smallest class size because of their ages, but 7 two year olds is way more than I can handle. Remind me, when I get married, that not only will I get my tubes tied, but I will adopt one, and only one child, when the child is about 4 .

Shallow assholes

People who haven't died as a direct result of the disaster are being raped, murdered, having their things stolen, being shot at under Bush's zero policy for looting statement, going without medicene so desperately needed, not having meals for days, and much worse. Someone posted a link to a concert telethon on the jg.com board and what kind of responses do we get?

Is the concert tonight??? I sure hope Josh will be there!! It will be wonderful
to see him on TV again :)

Am I wrong to be infuriated by this? Thousands upon thousands of people are homeless, destitute, starving, dying....and all they can think about is seeing their idol on TV again? I only wish there was something I could do besides sending a donation to the Red Cross.

Katrina keeps racial lines clear in the media

You would think the press could give these people a break, especially since our beloved President Bush was GOLFING in ARIZONA as the disaster was occuring, and Condoleeza Rice was attending a production of SPAMALOT in New York City this past weekend. AP posted these two nearly identical photos with these captions.



(Notice they are a white couple)

"Two residents wade through chest deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through the area in New Orleans, Louisiana."




(Notice he's black?) "A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Flood waters continue to rise in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did extensive damage when it made landfall on Monday."

Nice eh? Because he's black, he's looting. 'Cause that's what black people do. I hate the media.