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What the hell, school?
Nov. 24th, 2014 11:59 pmMy son is doing an extracurricular activity through the school. Each Saturday, for twenty Saturdays, he goes to the local university and he and a group of other students his age, from other schools learn about different career options, like archaeology, chemistry, native studies and human rights, etc.
This past Saturday was 'family day' and I went along with him to see what he does there, and take part in the classes. At the end, we were given a survey to fill out, with questions like; "Do you talk about career options with your child A) regularly B) sometimes C) never." And "What would have made your experience today better." Yanno, fairly normal questions. And then there was this one.
Do you feel your child has the potential to succeed? YES/NO
All of the kids in question are under 12 years old. Really? Could any of these children be SO FUCKED UP that a parent or guardian would think they have no potential to succeed?
Instead of circling yes or no, I wrote; "Seriously? Did you actually just ask that question?"
And today, my son brought home a permission form so that he could MAKE A WISH LIST at the book fair. It was made clear on the note, that ALL CHILDREN would be attending the book fair, but they needed parental permission for the children to TAKE A PENCIL AND WRITE DOWN THE BOOKS THEY LIKED.
What the actual fuck? I wrote "Why would any child need permission to write a list? This crosses the line of ridiculous."
What I wanted to write is "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? IN WHAT UNIVERSE IS THIS SHIT OKAY? DO YOU NOT HAVE ENOUGH CRAP TO DEAL WITH ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS THAT YOU NEED TO POLICE A FUCKING WISH LIST??
*sigh*
Bonus stupid thing: Every Monday, for the last three years, I have taken my children out of school 10 minutes early, because they have private music lessons and we have to leave a bit early to get there on time. Last week my son came out and informed us that we had to go into the school and 'sign' them out. WTF?? After three years? I really don't want to be 'that parent', but I just snorted and told him to get in the car.
The amount of needless bureaucratic bullshit floating around in that school is ridic.
I understand that they have a lot of frustrating red tape that they have to do to protect the kids, but I have my limits on how many (and how stupid) hoops I"m willing to jump through.
This past Saturday was 'family day' and I went along with him to see what he does there, and take part in the classes. At the end, we were given a survey to fill out, with questions like; "Do you talk about career options with your child A) regularly B) sometimes C) never." And "What would have made your experience today better." Yanno, fairly normal questions. And then there was this one.
Do you feel your child has the potential to succeed? YES/NO
All of the kids in question are under 12 years old. Really? Could any of these children be SO FUCKED UP that a parent or guardian would think they have no potential to succeed?
Instead of circling yes or no, I wrote; "Seriously? Did you actually just ask that question?"
And today, my son brought home a permission form so that he could MAKE A WISH LIST at the book fair. It was made clear on the note, that ALL CHILDREN would be attending the book fair, but they needed parental permission for the children to TAKE A PENCIL AND WRITE DOWN THE BOOKS THEY LIKED.
What the actual fuck? I wrote "Why would any child need permission to write a list? This crosses the line of ridiculous."
What I wanted to write is "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? IN WHAT UNIVERSE IS THIS SHIT OKAY? DO YOU NOT HAVE ENOUGH CRAP TO DEAL WITH ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS THAT YOU NEED TO POLICE A FUCKING WISH LIST??
*sigh*
Bonus stupid thing: Every Monday, for the last three years, I have taken my children out of school 10 minutes early, because they have private music lessons and we have to leave a bit early to get there on time. Last week my son came out and informed us that we had to go into the school and 'sign' them out. WTF?? After three years? I really don't want to be 'that parent', but I just snorted and told him to get in the car.
The amount of needless bureaucratic bullshit floating around in that school is ridic.
I understand that they have a lot of frustrating red tape that they have to do to protect the kids, but I have my limits on how many (and how stupid) hoops I"m willing to jump through.
