Something to think about.....

I was writting an email to a friend today and I wanted to share this expereience...so if it starts out as if I missed some of it it is because you did!!!!!


Kids are doing good...I did have an expereince with the school today that bothered me and I did question the authority at the school and he looked dumbfounded. I had to take Shelby different shoes because her strap had broken on hers....you can only get in one door and out one door right though the office. I stated what I was there for and the principal said he would take her shoes to her, I said no I would like too...he escorted me to the class room. As we were walking down the hall I made a wise ass crack about it feeling as if I was being escorted to see a prisoner. He didn't laugh. I didn't expect him too and I should not have said it out loud, noting that the older I get the more I forget to just say that stuff in my head not out loud, anyway...I get to the classroom and he stands there and listens to our conversation and escorts me back to the front door. As we get to the front door, I said I have a couple of questions for you since I entrust you with my future every day. And he smiled and said sure. I said well why such the security when a parent wants to walk to their childs classroom. Yes I did get that look...like where the hell have you been living? He said well to make sure parents aren't passing weapons to their children. My mouth dropped and I said there has got to be different reasons than that. I mean this school only goes to 6th grade. I can maybe see that in a high school, which just proves the state of paranoia this country has hit, but elementry school, and I was walking to the special education classroom? He said there are terrorists everywhere and we have to make sure that parents aren't training their children how to be terrorists!!!! I was shocked!!! I didn't know what to say. Other than the next opening mouth inserting foot remark, when I went off on a predominatly (SP) white school that has NO history of violence having their students and parents treated as suspects. I didn't think it was right and that it just shows how the goverment has deluded peoples brains. Yeah well that went over like a turd in a punch bowl. I find it sad and alarming that the authority of this school believes he is keeping these children in podunk OK safe from terrorists. I so bad wanted to say STOP watching CNN in your office all day and get out and pay attention to this school! But I decided that my comments had made enough of an impact for one day and so now I have sat here all day waiting for the jake boots of the town to come and talk to me. Not that I am important, but I have seen how just saying something puts you on a suspicious list!!!!


OK So I am done rambling....this is my state of the day address! LOL Really it did bother me when I was talking to a group of other mothers today about it from all over the country and they were all oh wow that is has been going on at our schools for years, it is no big deal they are just keeping our children safe!!! I said what happens when the next attack occurs and you can't get your children out of the locked down school? I believe this is when I lost them!!!! People are such idiots!!!!!! It is like they are all standing in line with their hands waving in the air yelling pick me pick me!

Hasta! Shan