Okay, so Bacon has been a bit difficult as of late. I admit that. He has also been getting up at the crack of dawn and playing for a couple of hours before it is time to go to school, which could have contributed to the problems today, but somehow I doubt it.
I took him to school despite the fact that he has repeatedly said that he didn't want to go. I knew that if I gave into that now, he would remember it when he was 42 and we would never get to the 3rd grade. Today it may have been a better choice to keep him home.
I was informed at pick up that he lost snack because he was "making bad choices." WTF? Was he smoking a joint? Did he proposition someone for sex in the restroom? Did he SELL drugs at recess? Did he take a shit on the teacher's desk? Those my friends are bad choices. Hell hitting another student is a bad choice. Do you want to know what the bad choice was that got him in time out during snack? He dropped his coat on the floor after recess and wouldn't pick it up.
Yes, you heard me correctly. He dropped his coat on the floor and wouldn't pick it up.
Now I am not condoning this behavior, but the class has 14 students and about 7 of those need help constantly with EVERYTHING. Bacon is not one of them. Also the cubby's are crammed together right by the door, so arriving and leaving are more than overwhelming and chaotic. He easily could have hung it up and it dropped, or it got knocked out I don't know I wasn't there.
Honestly in a room full of 14 kids under the age of 4 the noise is more than obscene. He may have not heard the teacher, or he may have been willfully disobedient. Again, I wasn't there, I don't know.
I do know however that all of the other 13 kids got to eat peanut butter sandwiches in front of Bacon. I do know that he left the building in tears. I do know that he was upset that the newest addition to the class has again spent the day punching him in the head. I do know that she should not be in this class but the other class geared more toward children with VERY SPECIAL needs.
Most of all I know that I am so angry I can't see straight. And it's probably a good thing that we were the first ones to get out of there today. Otherwise I may have said some things to her that I would have regretted.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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3 comments:
Yeah, that sounds a little harsh. You'd think that a preschool teacher would know how to choose their battles...
I just noticed you root canal poll and felt the need to explain my answer. I'm guessing that you are not yet in pain? Right? I put one off a few years ago and then ended up having to have it done while I was 5 months pregnant, b/c the pain was so extreme. Vicodin didn't touch it. Sooooo...while vacation, new jeans and quite frankly, groceries sound like more fun, get the root canal!
That being said, I have been told that if I don't put a crown on said tooth like yesterday, it will likely shatter (b/c I grind my teeth). The cost? $1600...I'm putting it off.
My heart goes out to Bacon. And to you. It's so hard sending them out to the world after you have loved them so well for so long.
Good thing he can leave the bad day behind and know that his family will be there for him to make him feel better again.
You know, that's the lesson they'll all have to learn. I guess the best thing is just to be his safe haven. That probably puts him a step ahead of most other kids.
I know you're angry about what happened in school but the best thing is what he has at home. That will be his foundation for life.
Feel great about that.
Kim
Good things being said. Sorry this happened to you. I'd be seeing red too.
I too am having trouble letting Sonny Ma-Jiminy come in contact with rules that are more neurotic than my own. Some of the kindy rules are strict for the sake of strictness and are driving him mad. And yes, teachers SHOULD know how to pick their battles. Do they want to be snapping at kids ALL DAY? Or do they perhaps believe that a strong and positive relationship built on mostly good times will be the best in the long run?
My horrible secret is that I secretly think that it reflects poorly on me - I picture the kindy teacher saying, "Well his Mum obviously lets him run riot." Not true. His Mum wants her boy to remember a strong and loving bond with Mummy so when he's big enough to chhose to rebel or show strong character, he wants to be the best he can be.
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