I’m home this morning, and for all day for that matter. I think I
need to vent about school cos it’s a major pain in the ass and I feel
it as an underlying cause of sickening stress. I currently have a
recurrence of excema on my lips (I feel it but others don’t notice it)
that I have only had since school has gotten worse. I also have a
light rash on my arms.
this is a new school, just a year and a half old. they haven’t
really gotten it straight what will be the best way to run it. I
get that. however, changing the rules constantly for a year is no
way to run anything. the rules are always punitive and geared
toward the lowest common denominator. so this is to say that if
someone is a habitual trouble-maker instead of addressing them as an
individual, and at the time of the offense, they make a rule to fix
it. and they don’t necessarily let us all in on it until one of
us runs afoul of the rule and gets slapped by it. the individual
who routinely screws up tends to have moved on to something new and
rarely gets disciplined… they only seem to confront those of us who
are genuinely trying to help things run smoothly.
so this morning I had a schlemmozzle with the kids and realized I would
be ten minutes late. if you’re one minute late you can’t clock
in, can’t leave, and have to wait till theory’s over to join the class
(one hour later at 9:30). normally I have a ten minute window for
things to go wrong and still make it on time. today my problem
exceeded the ten. anyway, I’m never late. I attend every
day. if my kids are sick I call in before school starts. in
other words, I am far more responsible than most at school, at least in
terms of attendance.
so I called in to say I would be late so I’d just show up at
9:30. the receptionist said, ‘hold on,’ then a teacher came on
and said I couldn’t come in till 11:30 because that was the late
rule… and that Beth and someone else had already had to do that
(probably anticipating a challenge from me). so I had a long
pause and I said that really throws a wrench in my day… so I guess I
just won’t come in at all. she said okay.
crap. I am so sick of this stupid-ass shit. I’m not even
mad; I’m just sick to death of the moronic bullshit they so
condescendingly offer up as reasonable. have fun scrubbing the
toilets today, answering the phones when the receptionist’s at lunch,
logging and putting away inventory, etc while I’m gone. never mind all
the rest of the stuff I do without asking that makes things run
smoothly… I do it because it needs to be done… do it without being
asked. never mind the the kids that just never show up, never
call, cos boy you really got me I was going to be late and called
before I was supposed to be there…
