Bad Mommy
Cherubs|Recently, I was initiated into the tardy procedure at the cherub’s school.
Unfortunately, we all had sugar hang overs, and that morning was a bit rough. (Rough, as in the whining, wailing, gnashing of teeth and can’t possible go to school today variety.)
Soooo, evidently, you have to walk a tardy cherub, (or two), into school, sign them in and wait patiently in line until the secretary fills out a slip with your cherub’s name, number, rank and why you’re late on it. All the while those in authority give you the dirty look for the stink of ‘inferior parent’ that permeates from you.
Is it just me, or when did school become the authority on my kids? Do other schools in other areas act like this? It has been my consistent experience with every school every cherub has attended. The condescending looks, the disapproving stares. If I have stepped outside the lines or inconvenienced them in any way, then I must be a bad parent, and clearly its their job to educated my inferior parenting ass. Thank goodness they are here!
But where does this attitude come from? When did educators become the authority on parenting? When did falling behind, not knowing a rule or being late once, become synonymous with incompetent parenting? These are things I have been wondering about. I mean, I don’t think there’s anything I can do about it, other than roll my eyes as it happens. In other words, I have no idea where I’m going with this.
Maybe I just needed to poke fun in order to get even. Or maybe I’m just looking for a way to finish up NaBloMe once and for all?
With that, I officially close out November. Good Night and Good Luck.*
*Yes that is how I finished last year too. See I am to consistent.
November 30th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
They act like that no matter when you pick up or drop off a kid. I’ve had that experience a handful of times when I had to pick up someone else’s child from school.
They are just underpaid, frazzled, harrassed and power hungry *******. Did you think I just wrote bi-atches Ha! I wrote wenches. (Isn’t that practically the same thing?!)
Next time flash them a dazzling smile and say ‘Oh I’m going to be late for my pedicure!’ and see what kind of look you get then.
Looks of jealousy because you’re not busting booty like they are… take that!
November 30th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Just for the fun of it I looked up wench because I thought that it might have been too mean ( not that the B word is any nicer but you know what I mean)
Here is the definition:
2 entries found.
wench[1,noun]wench[2,intransitive verb]
Main Entry: 1wench
Pronunciation: \ˈwench\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English wenche, short for wenchel child, from Old English wencel; akin to Old High German wankōn to totter, waver and probably to Old High German winchan to stagger — more at wink
Date: 14th century
1 a: a young woman : girl b: a female servant
2: a lewd woman : prostitute
Hmmm- so basically they are payed servants! No wonder they give you ‘the look’. Most servants don’t like the master- even though without your cherubs they wouldn’t be eating so just smug look ‘em right back.
December 1st, 2007 at 12:00 am
Um, yah. It’s the same everywhere. Wait until the number of “Acceptable” tardies are reached. THEN you will get a letter from the school that is meant to make you feel like dog excrement on the bottom of an inferior shoe.
Funners.