A kindergarten teacher in our school has to deal with 28 five year- old kids and 28 kindergarten moms. One particular boy kept bringing his math book to school every day. The teacher explained to the mother on several occasions that the math book only needed to be sent to school on Fridays. Still the boy's mother sent the math book every day. Exasperated, the teacher put a post-it note on the book that said "Only send this in on Friday. Thank you for your cooperation." One Thursday morning, I received a phone call from the little boy's mother. She said that her son was so upset that Ms. S only wanted him to go to school on Fridays. He really loved school and still wanted to go every day. Was it okay to send him today even though it was not a Friday? As I tried not to laugh into the telephone, I calmly explained that Ms. S requested that her son bring his math book on Fridays only but her son was expected to attend class everyday.
She thanked me for clarifying the situation and said she was relieved because she would have had a hard time explaining to her two older children why Kindergarten boy only had to go one day a week and they had to go every day.
You can't make this stuff up!
17 comments:
Hey Skippy! Now tell them the one about duck, duck, goose.
Hilarious! You never know how these things will be misinterpreted!
Welcome to the Blogosphere!
Maybe what happened to Dubya is that Mother Barbara sent him to school only once a week. Would that surprise you? I didn't think so.
Welcome to the intertubes movable feast. Always nice to meet someone with good stories to tell .. or not. Just have fun.
Spartacus.. all in good time sparty, all in good time.
Mauigirl.. Thanks for the welcome and for reading my blog. Spartacus has been hounding me to do this for months.
Susan..Well maybe he will have time to finish up kindergarten once he is finally out of the white house. I am looking forward to joining the wonderful world of blogging
Congratulations on your first post. I am still confused about how mom couldn't figure out that the boy needed to be there all five days, but the book only needed to be sent in on Fridays. I mean, she had two older children. What was she thinking?
gmb... thanks to you for convincing me to give it a try. As for the mom, until I worked in the school I never realized how stupid some people really are.
Gees.... anyone who uses my favorite food as a tag-line and avatar is OK with me.
I rather like the concept of only on Fridays. I think I should only go to work one day a week.
But I would pick Wednesdays. They are dull anyways. :)
Skippy, that's classic. I think I'll try it here at work. I'm sure the opportunity will present itself soon enough. And welcome to the blogosphere!
Yeah, see if you can get the 'Fridays only' policy nationwide, thanks. ;-)
welcome to the blog-land, have fun here in the Internet Tubes!
I came over from Spartacus' place to say welcome and read this hilarious story!!
looking forward to more
Okjimm...I would choose to work only on Mondays. That way you get it over with and have the rest of the week to chill out and relax.
Alecto...
Thanks for the welcome. I think I am going to enjoy this blogging stuff.
Randal...
A Friday only work week would be good so long as our paycheck stays the same.
Dianne...Thanks. Spartacus and the kids love hearing my school stories so I figured why not share them. Hopefully tomorrow I will get a chance to read some other blogs and leave comments for all you other great bloggers out there.
Skippy, I fear, then, for her kids. Sigh.
That IS hilarious. Wish someone would send ME a post-it note saying I only had to work on Fridays. Of course, I'd send the post-it note back asking if we could make it Mondays instead of Fridays.
Wait a minute... that was a mistake? I gotta call my boss.
Regards,
Tengrain
It's great to see you online, Skippy. I think I am going to like your blog. I just linked to it from mine.
-Liz
Anita... I'm with you. Mondays only would be the ideal work schedule.
Tengrain... Tell your boss I said it's okay.
Liz... spartacus and some others have been telling me to give it a try for a while. I think it is going to be fun. Thanks for the big welcome.
I'll bet You're a Choosy Motha! :)
Welcome to the 'Sphere, Skippy.
And great story! My Ex was a Head Start teacher some years back, and had the Bestest Stories Ever, so I'm looking forward to hearing more from that genre!
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