Friday, October 06, 2006
inappropriate conversations
Regular readers of this blog know what a handful my youngest child can be. He's entertainment on a stick--no doubt about it.Last year, the art teacher did not appreciate it when Rader announced in class that he could lick his nipples. Of course, as mother of the year, I acted appropriately. (after laughing my ass off...) I do find humor in this type of thing. He's only eight years old, after all. However, I did talk to him about inappropriate subjects at school, and licking nipples did fall under that category.
Okay, well the art teacher obviously has a low "inappropriate threshold". She called just a few mins ago:
Me: Hello?
Stupid Art Teacher: Is this Rader's mom?
Me: Yep.
SAT: This is his stupid art teacher. I had trouble with him saying inappropriate things last year and this year is no better. He just had a very inappropriate conversation at the table with another little boy and there was a little girl sitting right next to him!
Me: (worrying at this point, cuz Rader does have quite the vocabulary and imagination...) Oh? What did he say?
SAT: Well, I didn't hear it, but the little girl told me he was talking about using the bathroom on the sidewalk.
Me: (definitely worried now) Hm. But you didn't hear it?
SAT: No, but he's right here if you wanna talk to him.
Me: Absolutely. Put him on.
Rader: Mom. (kinda mumbling)
Me: Son. Tell me what you said. Exactly.
R: I was talking to Eddie about a video game and I said if you do #1 on the sidewalk you'll get arrested.
Me: Yeah, but what did you say? Exactly. Did you say Pee? Piss? God, Rader, did you say Piss??
R: NO! I said do #1.
Me: Do #1? That's it? Nothing else?
R: I promise.
Me: Put Stupid Art Teacher back on phone please.
SAT: Thank you for talking to him.
Me: I'm not so sure you're gonna thank me in a second. Can you tell me exactly what is "inappropriate" about this? (I repeat the conversation) Because, I'm not finding that inappropriate at all, unless he was breaking a "no talking rule" at the time.
SAT: (Huffing and Puffing) WELL. I find that kind of talk VERY inappropriate.
Me: Ma'am. If he'd have used inappropriate language like "piss" that would've been inappropriate.
SAT: GASP
Me: But he's 8. And he didn't say anything inappropriate. And I'm trying to figure out why you're calling about the sentence "If you do #1 on the sidewalk, you'll get arrested." when A: it's true and B: you didn't even hear him say it in the first place.
SAT: (more huffing and puffing) It's OBVIOUS that you and I have different ideas on what is inappropriate. I'm sorry I wasted your time.
Me: Please feel free to call me any time.
Honestly. If she wants inappropriate, I can give her inappropriate.
EDITED TO ADD:
My friend suggested Rader take her this if she really wants to see inappropriate:
posted by Mel Francis @ 2:28 PM | 
8 Comments:
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At 10/06/2006 03:52:00 PM,
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You're right, it's school annoyance day. But it was nice that she called and you could hand it right back to her on a platter.
I'm still steaming about the 40 points my boy lost in Science (8% of his grade) because the teacher is anal about notebook keeping, and his wasn't neat enough. She didn't just take off half, which is quite an F in itself. No, she gave him 0 out of 40.
Arghhh.
I wonder how many points she'd take away from me if she saw my living room? -
At 10/06/2006 04:32:00 PM,
Kate Pearce said...
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sorry, no comment, laughing too much
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At 10/06/2006 04:58:00 PM,
Leah Maria said...
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This is too funny! I agree with you. I'm not quite sure how this was deemed inappropriate by her. I thought they would much rather a child say #1 or pee than piss, but that is just my thought.
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At 10/06/2006 06:09:00 PM,
Kate Pearce said...
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That will teach me to laugh...I just got a phone call from kid no.2's Spanish teacher because apparently he thinks it's okay to get up and go and talk to his buddies during the class...
head in hands
reaching for large glass of vino -
At 10/07/2006 07:48:00 AM,
Kristen Painter said...
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I didn't know it was Kazoo Day! In that case, blow me.
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At 10/07/2006 01:29:00 PM,
MariaGeraci said...
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LOL! Kristen, you and Mel need to do a blog/answer routine!
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At 10/07/2006 06:06:00 PM,
Ellen said...
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LOL! That's freaking ridiculous. He said nothing wrong at all. People who have absolutely no tolerance or sense of humor should NOT be teaching -- I don't care if she sculpted David. Wait, she would find David inappropriate. *sigh*
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At 10/08/2006 05:58:00 PM,
Robyn said...
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Oh my God!!! LOL!!!! I was just talking to another Mom today about STUPID and whiney teachers!!! Get a life woman!!! Aren't there more pressing things in this world than ratting out a kid about something and you didn't even hear the whole conversation???? I'm curious, does SAT have kids of her own??
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