Say it here cause yo can't say it directly- the get it off your chest thread

[lspf72]

Me three!!! If only I could be sure.... we never know whose reading CC, though!

[milki]

I'm on CC because I don't think I can get into a good college. It's turned into a DAMN addiction now. Aaaaaaaaaah I keep visiting CC like 7 times a day. And I'm only a freshmen.

Oh and I haven't started studying for my only AP Test yet (AP US Govt.) I have like 3 books to read in 3 weeks!!!!!!!!!

[milki]

OMG OMG OMG I'm developing White hair and I'm only 14!!!!!!!!!!!

[milki]

Sorry about the above posts, it's one of my weird characteristics. I need to tell people stuff I know (no matter how self destructing it might be)...so I just do it anonymously online.

[milki]

Tanyanubin, What school are you talking about ? (Sounds surprisingly similar to mine)

Say it here cause yo can't say it directly- the get it off your chest thread

[juliet53]

I did the UNTHINKABLE. I told off a teacher who screwed my son out of a $25,000 scholarship. I didn't just think about it.

Not intentionally. We were in a restaurant having dinner and drinking margueritas, and she sat down next to us with her family. This was 5 years later after my son got into a top 5 school (and grad school). I screamed at her and called her names in a very crowded restaurant. My family ran out in embarrassment. I loved it. It was the margueritas, of course, not me.

[citygirlsmom]

Man, I have wanted to do that...I have some things I am saving to say to my Ds when both graduate

[unregistered]

How did she screw your son?

[milki]

^ Maybe it's just me and my caffeinated self, but .... awkward.

[SpringfieldMom]

I'd like to tell off the town librarian who told me letting my D start kindergarten a year early was a bad idea because she was "too immature" (her birthday was right the cutoff)...well, she ended up achieving top honors for every report card and top 10% of her class for all 4 years, NHS, editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, not to mention speaking parts in school and community theatre productions and this Tues. she's being honored by the local Lions Club as the one of the township's top graduating seniors. When her picture hits the newspaper, I hope that librarian sees it and realizes its the same kid she dismissed 13 years ago!

[citygirlsmom]

To the preschool teacher who wanted me to put my youngest into pre-k thus holding her back a year because she was little

hrmhhhppp

I did send you a copy of her kindergarten report card way back when....which said she was mature, an excellent student and she got all Es

We figured you wanted her to fill out your new pre-k program...

you go SFM~~~

[PackMom]

To all the parents (and their kids) who laughed and shook their heads in pity at all the Little League Baseball games when my S came to bat and never hit the ball (led the team in walks) and the whole first 3 seasons of rec. league basketball when he never(ever) scored even one point, who thought it was perfectly fair that my S got the required 2 innings/2 quarters of play and spent the rest of the game on the bench while your little Babe Ruths/Michael Jordans played the entire game because they were such great athletes at 10 years of age..........

Don't feel sorry for our S anymore....
We certainly enjoyed our S turning out to be Capt. and starting linebacker of the football team, while maintaining a gpa that made him #6 in the class and also holding down a responsible part-time job. Oh, did I forget to tell you he was chosen from the whole student body to meet a Nobel Prize winner at the airport and escort him back to the school for that speech? Can you even believe one of his AP teachers said he was "scary smart" or that his high sch. girlfriend was one of the smartest and prettiest in the class?

How about that he now bench presses more than the weight of you and your little brat combined and runs 12-15 miles a week?

Hope you're enjoying paying full freight for Jr. to go to college. I guess that athletic scholarship thing that was a sure bet 10 years ago just didn't turn out like you thought.
The full scholarship our S earned is coming in pretty handy....He still can't hit a baseball but who cares now?

[KateMac]

This is a sad commentary. Here's what I would (and will) say as soon as I figure out the best way to do so...

To the elementary school teachers who welcomed my children with open arms at the very end of the school year when we moved to town...thank you for making them feel welcome. To the first grade teacher who still seeks D out at concert events, the 3rd grade teacher who took time out of her personal life to come watch an extra-curricular, 4th grade teacher of S who asks about him every time we run into one another, thank you!

To the middle school who did not let my D take algebra in 7th grade, even though I objected at the time, (and certainly knew she was the brightest, most mathmatically gifted child they would ever meet!) thank you! She excels in math now (will graduate HS with 6 college credits in math); the extra year of a good solid foundation helped her. She wasn't allowed in advanced science as a 7th grader either, not until 8th grade, but she excels at physics and chemistry now, (again, graduating HS with college credits) so again perhaps the extra year of basics did her some good, even though it was hard to see it then.

To the junior high principal who aked my D to sing at the opening of every home basketball game, and gave her a little diamond chip necklace at the end of the year, thank you. You gave her the opportunity to do what she loves and gave her the opportunity to become even more comfortable in front of a crowd.

To the junior and senior high school teachers who saw the gifts in my S, academic though they were not, and who now celebrate for him since he has found his life's passion, thank you for realizing that not every child is cut out for college and yes, they can still be happy and productive, self supporting people who are worthy of your time and attention in high school. When you see him aroud town now, you always stop to talk to him and catch up, which makes him feel like you are interested in him still. Thank you!

To the middle school music teacher, band director and HS band and chorus directors who have been such a huge part of Ds life from grades 5-12...words cannot express what you have done for her, how you have inspired her, or express what a major impact you have had on her life. You all went way above the call of duty to encourage and mentor even when it became apparent that her musical talent was not going to become her life's work. You still saw the value of helping her excel in high school.

To the educators who wrote glowing letters of recommendations which helped D get into what is probably the toughest school to gain admittance to, thank you.

Did my children always get everything they wanted? Of coure not. D never got a lead in the school play, S was never voted "Most likely to..." anything. My children, however, celebrated with their friends who gained these honors. Yes, we sometimes griped about the student "favorites," the money-factor and the political connections, but by and large the people we have come into contact with have had the best interests of my children at heart. They have been positive role models, mentors, friends and, when necessary, disciplinarians. When my kids needed to be reminded of this, I reminded them!

Things don't always go the way you want them to; but most of the time they go the way they are intended. I find it hard to believe that folks take so much time to gripe and yet not take nearly the same amount of time to celebrate and thank those who helped make your children the young men and women they are today.

Unless, of course, you do not like who they became, which begs the question: Does that issue really fall back onto someone else?

[MotherOfTwo]

KateMac,
You are absolutely right. Maybe you should start a thread where we can post thanks to people who have helped our kids get where they are today. I will definitely participate if you start a thread on that theme!

[holymomma]

^^^
But those are things that should be expressed directly