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Anybody want to vent with me?
Here's mine...
I feel like there are all these "experts" out there telling us "plastic is bad", "don't like you kids use melamine", "always buy organic food and clothes" but nobody is offering affordable alternatives. I don't want to kill my family with chemicals and I do what I can, but the safe alternatives are expensive and hard to find. Apparently you have to be wealthy to avoid toxic chemicals.
http://shop.brinware.com/Plates_c2.htm This stuff is cute but 20 buck for 2 plates??
Re: Anybody want to vent with me?
today feels like such a long day. I have been doing a few tasks on my to-do list and even still it is hardly even noon. grumble grumble.
Guess I'm feeding my kids the $3, toxic-laden strawberries from Giant Eagle.
:-O
I didn't even click on the article for fear that my head would explode.
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
They say eating natural foods is cheaper than eating processed. I disagree. In fact, the less ingredients a product has, the more $$ it costs.
~X(
A post on FB reminded me about this today... we get all of this nonsense communication from the school about tests and all of these standards that mean nothing to us, so I had asked the principal about their procedures for lock downs in the event of an intruder. Maybe I'm overreacting, but this has been my #1 reservation with DD starting school. His response really irked me. He told me "I am not permitted to share our specific plan, but I can assure you this topic is something we continuously review and work on with staff members." When I asked if they performed drills with the students I was told "each teacher reviews with the class what to do in a lock down or emergency situation, but we do not conduct a school wide drill." So basically, he told me nothing! That just doesn't sit well with me. I'm really underwhelmed with the communication from our school in general.
Along those lines, last week DD did her first drop off at before school care and they have the option to eat breakfast in the caf if they want. She did, and the people in charge just left her sitting in the caf and never told her it was time to go to homeroom. Our teacher had to send a student looking for her! The poor child can't even tell time, let alone determine what time her classes begin, and there's no bell or anything. I am paying these ppl almost $12 with the food to watch her for less than an hour and they can't even be bothered to make sure she gets to class on time!
They put my neighbor's Kindergartener on the wrong bus home the first day! Then the principal lied to her and told her he was on the right bus and didn't get off, and she believed he was on his way back for over an hour until the bus garage finally called and said he was there. For over an hour the school obviously had no idea where he was, and never communicated that to her until she found out on her own he was put -- by a teacher -- on the wrong bus!
A post on FB reminded me about this today... we get all of this nonsense communication from the school about tests and all of these standards that mean nothing to us, so I had asked the principal about their procedures for lock downs in the event of an intruder. Maybe I'm overreacting, but this has been my #1 reservation with DD starting school. His response really irked me. He told me "I am not permitted to share our specific plan, but I can assure you this topic is something we continuously review and work on with staff members." When I asked if they performed drills with the students I was told "each teacher reviews with the class what to do in a lock down or emergency situation, but we do not conduct a school wide drill." So basically, he told me nothing! That just doesn't sit well with me. I'm really underwhelmed with the communication from our school in general.
I get why they do this. YOU know you're a good person and just concerned about the safety. But, how do they know that? They don't. You could be planning your own school attack. And if you know the drill for what they do if faced with a gun or bomb , you can change your attack based on that. It's really best for the kids safety if they keep their strategies confidential.
Totally agree. I know when I worked in schools we practiced the drills on in-service days so we knew what to do. To practice with kids is also a double edge sword, especially younger ones because you may actually instill fear and they probably wouldn't remember anyway.
Wow I had to stop reading about the neglect from the schools, that was awful to see. I am so sorry to read of it all!
Never again will I invite the while kindergarden class to a bday party! My kids party is this weekend and to the 7 moms who didn't RSVP: you are on my yuck list. (I even made it easy on the invite: text, call, or email. Grrr)
I agree with Amber, but I totally see your point Mandy. This past week there was a stabbing (and death) at a HS about 30 minutes from where we now live. The local news covered it ALL morning over the national shows. Parents were angry - the incident happened around 7a and the kids weren't let our of school until Noonish (after officials saying it would be at 10a). As news transpired all morning, it turned out it was a gang-related issue. The cops - the officials - everyone was trying to make the release as safe as possible bc who knew what more retaliation would happen?! I get it - but I can see the concern on the parents part, too.
Our last school informed us that there were drills - and Gavin could tell me when they had them and what they did. The school also informed us not to worry if we saw police cars at the school bc the local dept. started a new plan where they would periodically walk the school s so that they all would be familiar with the floor plan.
Really, what I would want to know is the System's way of communication to the parents if something were to happen. Still, you have to keep in mind that that could be flawed too - but as long as staff were taking care of the kids, I would try to be more patient. Now, not to get all religious here, but outside of knowing that the school / kids are prepared as much as they can be, I leave the rest to God. I believe that there is a reason for everything and I have to have faith in that.
Sorry if I digressed there....
I want to vent over Gavin's Spanish homework last week! I know some already saw my FB post about it the other night, but he was given a "get to know you" sheet last week and had a week to complete it. Well, due to miscommunication on my part, I didn't think it had to be turned in bc it was all in Spanish, it was week 1, and we have no Spanish book to reference - so, it couldn't be a homework assignment, rather a classroom assignment, right? Nope. So, we had to get it done in one night when we realized it (and apparently only 3 of the 22 kids turned it in on time - so we weren;t the only confused one!). I had to spend 90 minutes with an online Spanish translation website to figure out answers like the one box said, "I am special because.." and the more-than-one-word answer it required.
I'm all about aggressive curriculums and all, but I thought that was a bit advanced for a first grader on week 1 of school! (And no communication from the Spanish teacher about it.) I'm going to see how this class plays out over the next couple of weeks before talking to the teacher.
My three sons!