The Post
Ok normally I don't use my PTO page to vent, but I would like to take a minute to share something with you all.
Last week I attended the 7th grade choir concert, which all the young men and ladies were looking very nice and you could tell they had been practicing because they sounded amazing!
HOWEVER, what I couldn't help notice were how rude the audience was.
Seriously there were kids (that were there with parents) getting up and running around in the middle of the performance, there were adults, students, and younger children continuously going in and out of the gym while the kids were singing.
... There was one group of kids that were yelling!! literally yelling, there were people getting up to take phone calls, I could go on, but bottom line is it was totally rude and disrespectful to the students that have been practicing and singing, and got all dressed up to perform for you.
To top it off the performance wasn't even that long. It's not like you were asked to sit there for hours, or even A HOUR. These are your kids too!
We expect our children to do their best, but then we can't give them a half hour of our attention to see what they have been working for.
Please parents & students if you must get up to take that call or move to sit by your friends that just came in wait until they are not in the middle of performing at the least!!
I will say not EVERYONE was rude and disrespectful, I did see a couple of people acting like there was a performance going on and was very pleased to see some students waiting to change seats until the kids were done singing!
There that is my 2 cents... :-)
Last week I attended the 7th grade choir concert, which all the young men and ladies were looking very nice and you could tell they had been practicing because they sounded amazing!
HOWEVER, what I couldn't help notice were how rude the audience was.
Seriously there were kids (that were there with parents) getting up and running around in the middle of the performance, there were adults, students, and younger children continuously going in and out of the gym while the kids were singing.
... There was one group of kids that were yelling!! literally yelling, there were people getting up to take phone calls, I could go on, but bottom line is it was totally rude and disrespectful to the students that have been practicing and singing, and got all dressed up to perform for you.
To top it off the performance wasn't even that long. It's not like you were asked to sit there for hours, or even A HOUR. These are your kids too!
We expect our children to do their best, but then we can't give them a half hour of our attention to see what they have been working for.
Please parents & students if you must get up to take that call or move to sit by your friends that just came in wait until they are not in the middle of performing at the least!!
I will say not EVERYONE was rude and disrespectful, I did see a couple of people acting like there was a performance going on and was very pleased to see some students waiting to change seats until the kids were done singing!
There that is my 2 cents... :-)
Okay, it's me The Queen of Insanity again. Normally, I would be one of "these" parents but I would use The Insanity Chronicles as my outlet rather than a PTO website. Why? I am about to tell you, no fear friends! My reason for using the Insanity Chronicles rather than the school function is because I don't think it's my place to tell other adults how to act to their face. I would much rather chastise them here, plain and simple.
What I would love to have said in response to this parent is, "Look, I have been in excruciating tooth pain since Monday, had my gums sliced open and my tooth drilled open to release infection yesterday, my face is swollen up like a balloon, I am taking antibiotics and pain killers, I just sat at gymnastics for two hours straight - 20 minutes away and haven't eaten real food since Tuesday! If my four year old was irritating to you as she ran across the gymnasium floor to get a drink of water and then out the door to go to the restroom and back, sorry I honestly could have cared less. At that moment, if she was hanging from one of the basketball hoops screaming Booty Wurk at the top of her lungs, I wouldn't have minded. Oh and yeah, my phone rang toward the end of the performance, I thought I turned my ringer off but to err is human. Since I really didn't want to be there in the first place, I took the call. Yup, I sure did! I did however, get up and go outside to hold my conversation. Again I am sorry, my caller didn't realize they were calling in the middle of a performance!"
Listen, the truth hurts. I was clearly in no mood to be there but felt a moral obligation as a parent to support my daughter (who consequently knows and understands I am unable to control my A.D.D. at these type of events). How about next time you have box seating for me instead of pull out side bleachers where I can't even see my kid from and I won't get on your nerves? Do I sound angry? I'm not really just found the post a little irritating because I, for once, was one of "those" parents she was referring to. Yeah, I took it personal.
I was also a little irritated about some of the comments following the above mentioned post in regards to the way some of the girls were dressed. My daughter was completely appropriate so I didn't take a personal offense to it so much as I just felt that it wasn't there place to judge those poor girls. Seriously, those girls probably felt beautiful in their bright neon green hoochie mama dresses with their high heels on. Personally, I am only jealous I can't walk in heels to save my life!
In conclusion, I just wanted to let you all know that I am NOT even close to the Top 10 Mothers of the Year Award this year. I know this is a disappointment since you all were planning a big celebration for me but lets hold out hope, there's always next year!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
