I live and teach in an affluent, middle class community. Most of the kids I teach are from predominantly 'educated' backgrounds... Why then, do I have a 13 year old girl in one class bragging to her mates about her sexual exploits??
What the heck is she doing out in the evenings at that age anyway???
AAAAAAnnnnnddddd... THEN.. I get a letter home from my twins' primary school reminding parents that MAKEUP is not permitted!!! ARGH!!
My daughter went to a 6 year old's birthday party the other week and the entertainment was makeup, fingernail painting and hairstyling. What happened to climbing trees and Musical Statues? No wonder kids have to ket 90% of their exercise from a bloody Wii.
I suggest the only clowns these days are the self obsessed parents who are so involved with their own possessions and image that they are turning their kids into American Beauty Pageant types.. (Britney!!!!)
And then when it's all got out of hand at the grand old age of 13, they are too busy with their own social lives to take their children.. I don't know.. BOWLing or something to keep them off the streets.
I live and teach in an affluent, middle class community. Most of the kids I teach are from predominantly 'educated' backgrounds... Why then, do I have a 13 year old girl in one class bragging to her mates about her sexual exploits??
What the heck is she doing out in the evenings at that age anyway???
AAAAAAnnnnnddddd... THEN.. I get a letter home from my twins' primary school reminding parents that MAKEUP is not permitted!!! ARGH!!
My daughter went to a 6 year old's birthday party the other week and the entertainment was makeup, fingernail painting and hairstyling. What happened to climbing trees and Musical Statues? No wonder kids have to ket 90% of their exercise from a bloody Wii.
I suggest the only clowns these days are the self obsessed parents who are so involved with their own possessions and image that they are turning their kids into American Beauty Pageant types.. (Britney!!!!)
And then when it's all got out of hand at the grand old age of 13, they are too busy with their own social lives to take their children.. I don't know.. BOWLing or something to keep them off the streets.
ARGH!!! RANT!!!