I’ve been pretty discouraged lately. The teachers frequently call parents to come and whoop their kids. So I saw plenty of parents in the hall yelling at their kid with a belt in their hand. I never saw any of them hit the child though, so I wasn’t able to do anything about it. It’s so frustrating standing by and seeing all of this. Tracy and I try talking to our bosses about this and are just brushed off and told “you’re in an urban school district. This is how it is.” Well what about trying to change things? What about not just making excuses? I’m seeing now that my bosses are just as much a part of this problem as everyone else. They just shake there heads and are content with saying “well that’s how it is” and letting that be that. Its so frustrating! I just want to be done and go back home. I did have a fun time at the end of this week making Valentine’s cards at my after school program. They will be given to kids in the hospital and to a nursing home. We had a ton of adorable stamps and fancy pens and stickers and markers. It was a lot of fun and a great way to unwind at the end of the day.
Friday was my 4th anniversary with Bobby. We celebrated by going out to dinner at a place called Cypress Inn. We shared a plate of fried crawfish tails which were super delicious and then for dinner I had a seafood linguini that had scallops, crawfish and shrimp in a lemon dill sauce. It was SO delicious. We had such a wonderful evening.
In other news, I am VERY excited for my trip home in March! Thanks to my wonderful sister who bought my plane ticket. <3
There is no excuse to hurt a child!! It's so disappointing that no one cares and no one protects these children!!! I wish there was something we could do.
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited you're coming home!!!!!