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The Stepford Teacher
Dec. 3rd, 2004 11:22 pmSo, our meeting with Daniel's English teacher, Mrs. I. Where to begin?
First, a bit of my history with this lady. Short version: our first meeting in October featured exhortations against Dungeons and Dragons because "it's such a harmful influence," disapproval of The Hobbit and Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang because they're "much too advanced for this age level", and a promise that she would find Daniel "more appropriate books." She also worried that by homeschooling him one day of the week I was preventing him from learning social skills and by allowing him to keep his hair long we were harming him in some way. The meeting ended with her hoping we could, together, get him to "toe the party line."
Conclusion: Blessed Is the Norm.
( Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. )
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Oh bugger all, now I'm pissed off again. This writing thing was supposed to be cathartic. Nuts.
I think I need either L&O or H:LOTS therapy. Possibly LOTR. With a hefty dose of reminders of what his regular homeroom teacher had to say about him that (mostly) balanced out the unpleasantness of Mrs. I.
First, a bit of my history with this lady. Short version: our first meeting in October featured exhortations against Dungeons and Dragons because "it's such a harmful influence," disapproval of The Hobbit and Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang because they're "much too advanced for this age level", and a promise that she would find Daniel "more appropriate books." She also worried that by homeschooling him one day of the week I was preventing him from learning social skills and by allowing him to keep his hair long we were harming him in some way. The meeting ended with her hoping we could, together, get him to "toe the party line."
Conclusion: Blessed Is the Norm.
( Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. )
Oh bugger all, now I'm pissed off again. This writing thing was supposed to be cathartic. Nuts.
I think I need either L&O or H:LOTS therapy. Possibly LOTR. With a hefty dose of reminders of what his regular homeroom teacher had to say about him that (mostly) balanced out the unpleasantness of Mrs. I.
