Dear Ole Ma: Thoughts on Kids & Life

Since it's mother's day and all, I thought I'd share some of my ma's insights with ya'll. She gave me permission to post some of her e-mail so she's aware of this.  Despite what you may think after reading, she really did love us... even when she made us eat in the basement.

"I have just completed two days of substituting. This experience has taught me several things:
A. I am still quite capable of giving a menacing "wolf look," and the more I am goaded into giving, the better I get.
B. There are, in fact, children that I do not really like. Yesterday was not a fluke.Today cinched the notion.
C. Once a student begins the descent into "repugnance" it is highly unlikely that he/or she is capable of making a "U turn."
D. My disdain is not motivated by any particular race, religion, ethnicity or physical feature. To be fair, I am equally intolerant of obnoxious behavior from all origins.
E. There was a very good reason that God rerouted my intent to become a teacher and shoved me through the front door of the phone company."

Comments

[Kyle]

Amen. Despite what the average parent thinks, most kids are not "special" or "unique" or "gifted" or any other nonsense like that. But we live in a culture where kids are celebrated merely for existing.

And yes, I pray to God that someone has the audacity to disagree with me so that I can publicly slap them down.