Yeah sought out someone and asked and by then the call would be over. Sheesh my kid BETTER take the call.
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Evidently, there was a teacher present...should not have taken that long to ask permission.
And something else -- I went through a period during my high school years when I had to leave early once a week. My parents spoke with the principal and arranged that I could do so. Now, I can't tell whether this particular young man has someone acting as his guardian or not while his mother is serving in Iraq, but it might have been a good idea for that person to have made some special arrangement with the school so that whenever the young man's mother called, he could take the call.
In that situation - no make that if the police had their guns drawn with an injunction from the Supreme Court and every other petty beauracrat in existence trying to wrestle my child - he or she better answer because it is the RIGHT thing and her PARENT trumps all these morons. You don't get that do you.
I won't let my child grow up like you.
again Baah Baaaah BAA
This is a school with large numbers of children whose parents are in the Army, its near Ft. Benning. The school's policies should adapt to that fact, rather than requiring a separate exception for each kid.
The high school nearest my house, which I could see from my driveway before they build the houses accross the street, has over 1000 silver stars on their walls, one for each parent of a student serving in the military. They also have 3 gold stars. Think about the possibility of a gold star to being hung in the window of the kids house.
BTW, my wife is a teacher of teachers (and they chair of her department), she's incensed at this incident. Between the grumbling and "bad attitude", she said something about teachers supposed be treating students with respect, and thus earning respect for themselves.