Does anyone actually enjoy high school? or miss it after its done? going back to high school, even as a teacher, reminds you of the many many reasons it is universally hated.
Homecoming is this weekend. You would think it was the last chance in my freshman’s lives to get a date. you would think that none of these kids (frosh or otherwise) have ever spoken to a member of the opposite sex.
two of my kids were supposed to go. he asked, she said yes, his mom called and asked if i would go to keep an eye on them. umm. no. actually i wont. but you can!
but then, the horror, she gets grounded by her grandmother. and shes a sweet kid, so she calls him to tell him she cant go. this was last night.
i get a call this morning from his mother.
he had a very bad night because she cant go. could i ask her why and tell her that she has to so that he doesnt deliberately overdose on his meds?
excuse me?
i am not interfering in ANY of my kids love lives, especially when she followed the rules to begin with. she TOLD him she wouldnt be his girlfriend, but would go as friends. she TOLD him when she got grounded. and now im supposed to be on suicide alert because he cant go to homecoming? this isnt even an SIED kid. this is a kid who likes the attention his folks give him when he makes wild and crazy threats.
god.
i went to homecoming. once. with an exchange student. not a good experience. at all. for either one of us. my feet hurt and i spent most of the night hiding from him in a state of panic of being alone with him. what if he had tried to *gasp* kiss me? what would i have done? the horror!!
i hate high school.