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BOY SUSPENDED
One of the boys in my teenage son’s class was suspended for two days today. My son just can’t believe it…..
They were all messing around with one of the boys phones. It got passed around the class and finally ended up with the boy sitting next to my son. He decided to send a text to the boy’s mother saying “I’m gay”.
A little while later a text came back saying “OK, lets talk about it later”.
The entire class were in hysterics, including the boy who’s phone it was apparently. They just thought it was the funniest thing ever.
Today however, was a different matter. The boy who sent the text was called in to see the Headmaster and told that the mother had found the text deeply distressing and as a result not only had she had to leave work early, but she had a panic attack. The school consequently saw no alternative but to suspend him.
Not good, but a bit extreme don’t you think?
My son and his friends are thinking about starting a petition to say just that they think that attitude is verging on the homophobic.
CHILDREN AND EXERCISE
11. March 2010
My two older children do so much exercise it’s ridiculous. Especially my teenage son. He’s in the first team for rugby and football and cricket at school and plays football for his local team as well. I can’t remember the last time he didn’t have a game of something or other on [...]
Continue reading and leave comments...STEP SIBLINGS
9. March 2010
THEN there is the whole other issue of how my children will deal with their three new step-siblings. SO WEIRD for them to suddenly double their numbers. My daughter is going to be the only girl. Good and bad. I suspect.
My nine year old came back from his weekend with his new family wearing a hideous pink and green plastic bracelet. “It’s a shag band” he told me. “My new step brother has told me that I have to keep it on and that if it breaks I have to have sex with someone”.
Bloody hell. It’s this sort of thing that is going to be a nightmare to manage.
Continue reading and leave comments...BBC LAUNCHES NEW SPACE SERIES THIS WEEK
8. March 2010
I’ve just been sent this information – thought some of you might be interested:-
Starting this weekend is the BBC Two Series “Wonders of the Solar System” which sees Professor Brian Cox explain how the heavens have been made and shaped in the same way that areas of the Earth have been made and shaped.
Looking at [...]
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
7. March 2010
I recently moved my large red poster that says “Keep Calm And Carry On” from my kitchen into my loo. I’m not sure why. It had begun to annoy me. Every time I looked at it provided yet another reminder that my life has gone just more than a little off centre and it had begun to provoke in me the opposite effect – more the “Now Panic And Freak Out” option.
But. What I hadn’t realised is that you have to be careful where you put it. Otherwise the advice can be misconstrued. I am going to have to move it again. It is clearly not working in the loo. My daughter told me that during a class at school her friend had pointed to the same poster on the wall – “OMG!!!!” she said “that’s the same poster that you’ve got in your loo!! I thought that was your mum’s special instruction on what to do when you’re having a poo!!!”.
Good grief.
Although, not bad advice for doing a poo.
I suppose.
Continue reading and leave comments...DELINQUENT CHILDREN
4. March 2010
I made my daughter write my 9 year old an apology letter this morning. I have just come back from school drops offs and re-read it. I officially have delinquent children.
You would be forgiven for thinking that I am referring to a three year old child and being surprised that a toddler could write so well:-
“Sorry for biting you!!! I feel awful – hope it’s not a huge bruise. See ya later!!!”.
How bad is that??? (sorry, caught excessive exclamation mark bug from daughter hopefully temporarily). SHE’S 14!!! She’s not allowed to bite people. He’s actually got a set of teeth mark on his arm. He sat in the bath crying last night and admiring his bite mark and said “imagine if she still had her braces on – she’d have bitten a lump of flesh out” and said, “well at least it’s a perfect set of teeth marks – not like if I’d bitten you – would have been all wonky” – which at least stopped him from crying for a minute. They got into a fight. It was all about her phone. Frankly I think she would kill for that phone. It’s not at all healthy having such an obsession with a phone (am trying not to imagine biting any of my children if they tried to take my new iphone away from me).
Time to confiscate phone….
Continue reading and leave comments...VINYL ALBUM COVER
3. March 2010
During Arts Week at my 9 year old’s school they spent a lot of time looking at the 1970’s as I’ve previously mentioned. In addition to the fashion show and tie-dye T-shirts they had to draw 12″ vinyl album covers.
My son came home with his artwork today. He is very proud of [...]
11. March 2010
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