Hey everyone! I hope you’re having a great weekend because I certainly am! Anytime that I get AWAY from my kid’s school is great! I used to be a big fan but now I’ve noticed that teachers aren’t just laid back….they just want to get laid, period! There’s no more romancing the students to get them interested in their studies. My oldest kid’s class had to be the most boring class I ever saw in my LIFE! The teacher who was so sweet was so boring when it came to teaching. I knew there was a problem when I was nodding in the first parent teacher night we had at school. I was thinking: If I can’t sit still and listen …how in the hell is my kid gonna sit still?!!!!! You see …there’s a back story to my kids…they just don’ t fit into the “box” of their private Jewish Day School. My eldest is 7. She has been featured in two commericials, various news stories on gymnastics as she is a competitive “Rythmic Gymnast” and studies ballet, tap, hip hop and must know her floor, rope and hoop routines for Gymnastics. She’s on top of everything yet……..She’s been diagnosed by the school psychologist referral as being ADHD. When are they gonna stop with this crap?
Now in school, her grades are good but her conduct “awful”…like her conduct in 1st grade is going to make a difference in life! They tell me that she is “hyper” and yes, yes, yes-they tell me…she NEEDS medication to help her “focus“. Medication is great! It will help her with her studies, help her get self-esteem and help her get along better with others. My conversation with this woman made me think we were discussing cocaine and 16 year old Italian models not Ritalin and a 7 year old girl!
SOMEBODY WAKE ME UP! Enough of this bullshit, teachers! GET UP OFF YOUR ASSES AND TEACH! You’ve got a gifted kid who handles red carpet events with no problems yet has a problem sitting in a fucking circle for 30 minutes. DO SOMETHING!!!!! DRUGS FOR KIDS? The teacher needs some drugs! Maybe a cup of coffee would be a good start. Don’t get me wrong…she was sweet and serene and, AND, AND zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz …………so my kid can’t keep up with the monotony of the school day….Get over it and start teaching!
I saw the school psychologist who sent me to another psychologist who says her kid is on meds, too so she knows how I feel (NOT!) She won’t know how I feel because I’d be a damn fool to dope up a kid just to make her teacher “happy”. Maybe America should re-evaluate this crap that’s going on. I had a mom (and if you’re reading it I am talking about YOU!) tell me that meds will make my life so much easier….”finally, peace and quiet in my home and no running around kicking up to the ceiling!”
Okay, I’ll admit it….I too, was a kid. A kid who ran up and down the stairs every chance I got. I wore PF Flyers because sneakers didn’t have wheels in them at the time and I got my hands dirty with no antiseptic cleanser in sight! YE GADS!
I ran and jumped and tap danced all day long and during prayers in school I’d get in trouble for “moving around” but there was no “Point System.” In case you never heard of this bullshit…this beats all! You’re good…you get “points and stickers!”
Where I went to school (and for several less thousands of dollars) when you were bad you got humiliated and that was that. Maybe a quick slap while you being reprimanded and stickers were used for grading only. This whole rewards system has gone bad and I’ve gone bad with it- I will not reward a bad teacher! Not even in my blog… and yes, my kid had a teacher who informed me that she has been teaching for FIVE YEARS! And “NOT ONCE in that five years did she ever come across a 6 year old girl that was that hyper!”
It was hard not to tell her that my underwear were over 5 years old and that maybe should get out of teaching while she was ahead.
My daughter’s first grade teacher is going to be very memorable. I have only her to thank for a fucked up summer where I’m dragging my kid to doctors that disagree that she is ADHD to the effect of needing meds but now I’m beginning to think differently. Maybe my kid is really in a bad school that doesn’t understand her and that is more damaging than the effect of any medication. If you’re a teacher and you’re reading this….try harder…before you contact school nazis to get your student on meds figure out where you screwed up first.
The excuse of “She’s disrupting the class” is not holding, here. TRY HARDER! TEACH for G-d’s sake and stop complaining….STOP pushing the drugs. Just take them yourself so you can call yourself a “teacher” and get through your day. The way they talk you would think we’re in an inner city school but….hey! There’s a thought maybe they’re just pushing the drugs on my daughter because her mom is Black….Black people LOVE drugs, right?
Hey, at this point…I don’t know….I just know that the closest thing to drugs my kids will be on is Flinstone Vitamins…so read on teachers and love your job or leave it. It’s thankless now but children always remember those teachers that meant the most to them. I had the best teachers in the world…..a little too strict but always smart. For nuns to recommend drugs would mean they failed as educators.
That’s what’s going on now. Our teachers have failed as educators. It’s going to be a long summer……
Come to the Laugh Factory tonite and hear my roar! 8PM show! And remember….I’m not pissed off…..just blogging, just blogging!
