September 28th is Johnny Appleseed's birthday and the first graders are going to have a celebration! Hooray! Sounds fun, right? Not so fast. You'd better read the fine print:
Each child should bring his/her favorite kind of apple in a baggie to school on September 28. (Not before.) If s/he forgets or fails to bring his/her apple, the teacher will have some extras. However, there is no guarantee that the child will get his/her favorite kind/color. If your child brings an apple from home but does not qualify for the Johnny Appleseed event, (bad behavior, not turning in homework, excessive tardies or absences, etc), s/he will be asked to take his/her apple back home.
When did a first grade party get so intense? Xanthe may not qualify for the apple gig because she got a "red light" on her behavior chart for "disobeying the teacher." When I asked her about it, she started shaking and crying and said she thought it was time to go to the reading rug but it wasn't. Well, there goes Johnny Appleseed's birthday celebration. I will have to keep her favorite kind/color of apple at home that day so that s/he doesn't have to go through the humiliation of bringing his/her apple back home while the other kids, who did not go to the reading rug at an inappropriate time, enjoy their celebration.
I bet Johnny Appleseed wouldn't have qualified to go to the party. Have you seen how he just randomly tossed all those seeds? Did he even have a permission slip for that? Wasn't it a health code violation? And if it was during school hours...well, I don't even know where to begin. Detention?
Each child should bring his/her favorite kind of apple in a baggie to school on September 28. (Not before.) If s/he forgets or fails to bring his/her apple, the teacher will have some extras. However, there is no guarantee that the child will get his/her favorite kind/color. If your child brings an apple from home but does not qualify for the Johnny Appleseed event, (bad behavior, not turning in homework, excessive tardies or absences, etc), s/he will be asked to take his/her apple back home.
When did a first grade party get so intense? Xanthe may not qualify for the apple gig because she got a "red light" on her behavior chart for "disobeying the teacher." When I asked her about it, she started shaking and crying and said she thought it was time to go to the reading rug but it wasn't. Well, there goes Johnny Appleseed's birthday celebration. I will have to keep her favorite kind/color of apple at home that day so that s/he doesn't have to go through the humiliation of bringing his/her apple back home while the other kids, who did not go to the reading rug at an inappropriate time, enjoy their celebration.
I bet Johnny Appleseed wouldn't have qualified to go to the party. Have you seen how he just randomly tossed all those seeds? Did he even have a permission slip for that? Wasn't it a health code violation? And if it was during school hours...well, I don't even know where to begin. Detention?
7 comments:
Seriously. Take a chill pill. I love your critical eye.
Funny--It seems like simple pleasures of life get complicated sometimes. I love to read your blog.
I sort of want to whack that teacher. Seriously, does life have to be so serious so soon? Loving your quote over there on the side too.
If they only knew how much Xanthe desperately wants to get it right. :(
My momma said, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." So I will be quiet.
So much for taking an apple to the teacher.
Wow! Where is the forgiveness in that teacher? We all make mistakes and part of making them is learning to say we're sorry and learning what forgiveness is from another.
That teacher needs to chill!! Too much pressure for 1st grade!
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