Good Reads Library
Who I'm Pissed At Tonight:
Netflix, because having sent back a disk twice in October because it is Series I,Disk I instead of Series II, Disk I, and having e-mailed and just plain wrapped the disk in a sheet of paper explaining the problem, I expected that by now they'd have rectified the problem. So I requested Series II, Disk I again. And they haven't fixed the problem.
SC's Friend From School: Things seemed to be going great. They e-mailed regularly, she came pumpkin picking with us in October, and she and her mom came to our Hanukah party. So what happens today? SC gets an e-mail that sounds like it was written by a little old lady saying that she realized at our "New Years" party (!)that they're just not "clicking" anymore and she doesn't want to be friends anymore. And I don't know if this is her doing or her mom's. Either way: "BITCH"!
SC's Math Teacher: Who has managed to erode any self-esteem she's gotten from the honor roll thing. First she told them their grades in front of everyone else and looked at me as if I was nuts when I asked her not to do so. Now she's just writing their names on the blackboard, asking to see them, and handing them their current grades. And SC feels like "everyone else is leaving me in the dust".
And now she's given them an "extra credit" assignment where they have to work out a budget. Fine, except that she set up SC as a social worker with 3 kids, required them to save 20 percent of their salary (yeah, right!) and not allowed for things like paid health care and pensions. Their budget HAS to include utilities too, even though a lot of apartments around here include them.
Since she's talking about a job that's government, I was able to give SC the real figures. And we removed the health care and pension. But even with our funds, with the teacher's requirements for bills, she still ended up with a budget that would have her living in a 1 bedroom apt with 3 kids, no car and very limited funds for anything else!
I e-mailed the teacher, who told me that SC's salary wasn't lower than several other kids, that she could have teamed up with another kid as "roommates" (but she was too shy to ask anyone to do this, lady!) and that she was GLAD if their budgets were tight, because it would teach them that their future career choices might affect their wallets!
I e-mailed again to let her know that I was appalled by this, that SC and the other kids should be thinking about their futures in terms of doing something they cared about, and if that all the kids thought of was how to get rich we'd have a lot fewer social workers. Or librarians. Or TEACHERS (ahem) for that matter!
And this PM she talked to SC about her work and told her she had an "attitude" towards teachers!
Sorry, lady. SC doesn't have an "attitude" towards teachers.
I do.
At least when they're incompetent twits who poorly plan their assignments and get pissed when someone points out the flaws!
SC may end up with a "F" for math this quarter. But she's going to probably get As in every other subject, so it won't affect her grades that much.
And I'm calling the 6th grade counselor tomorrow. I want her to have another math teacher for the rest of the year.
It may not help that much. But it certainly won't hurt!
I'm sending the disk back to Netflix with another nasty note. And I'm going to e-mail them. Perhaps they'll give me an extra disk this month or something as they did last time.
But I can't do anything about SC's lost friend. Damnit, she's a NICE kid. She deserves reliable friends who'll appreciate that.
Thank heavens ballet is back. In there she's the queen of the group.
Argh. I'm off to curl up in bed and watch Monty Python............
