Happy Mother's Day

Yesterday my oldest son and I went to a Mets game, we are rabid fans. Lets say if you sit next to us if you don't want to hear booing and screaming, I suggest that you move. This was his Mother's Day gift to me. He purchased field level seats for us right off of first base. He would have got them off of third but he did not want to be embarrassed any further by the things that might have come out of my mouth regarding David Wright and Jose Reyes. Yeah, Yeah I know I am old enough to be their mommas but please they are a gift.
So we have great seats and I am pumped because I might catch a foul ball (hey I was with a championship softball league, back when the game was invented).
So the reason for this post is this:
The people behind us were annoying. Not annoying because they were loud fans but annoying because they were not watching the game. The wives knew jack about the game and were on their cells the whole time., talking to their children, their girl friends, the soccer coach, and their rabbis. At one point one of the woman screamed ohhh its Israel. The husbands were talking work, I might hire 10 more workers, wow you are doing that good. Hey who are you going to vote for in the Presidential elections. Every single time there was a play they wanted to know hey what happened. I wanted to turn around and scream for god sakes people you are at the damn game shut up and watch it already. As my son and I had to lean over the rail and practically sit in the people in front of us laps, the morons behind us continued to ponder if they should have beer or water, and miss every single play, the husband surmised what might have just happened and then had to explain to the wives how the game is played.
Granted the game blew but they made it worse.

H.S. Survey

finally recieved the High School Survey.
My son did not get his, but I understand they will start going out on Monday.

Overheard outside a school

so if I give the school great marks on the survey does it mean we get more money?

Update on the Charter School

The Principal of The International Leadership Charter School resigned yesterday after students and parents protested outside the school and walking out, after the Principal made working conditions intolerable for the teaching staff.
She did a fabulous job in just one short year (never made it to the end)
I just have so much faith in the charter school system. Where do I sign up?

Cell Phone Ban Upheld

The lawsuit against the DOE against the cell phone ban was lost yesterday. It seems parents do not need to communicate with their children coming or going to school. I disagree. Payphones are not widely available as they were before. I already instructed my son to make sure before he enters the school that his cellphone is off. I DO need to communicate with my child coming home from school, especially when he leaves the school at a late hour and needs a ride.
I would like this judge to go a week without a cellphone or access to a phone coming and going from work and tell me if the children need a cell phone.

Mayor Mike and his report card

wow he gave himself an A. What a crock of _____.
I asked my boss if I could give myself an evaluation on my job and that he not change a thing about it and that I will write out my next paycheck next week with my new raise. He looked at me as if I was taking a very powerful hallucinogen and went about his business as I was not there.

Got my survery today

for the elementary school but not for the High School. Are my priorities different for each school? Yes and no there are different aspects of each school I would love to see be changed. This survey is still bogus. I wonder is this survey going to be looked at individually or are they going to put them into a machine?
This survey reminds me very strongly (he he using the words from the survey) of the standardized tests I received in school, make sure you fill in the marks with black pen or pencil like this or your answers will not be counted. Oh the stress it put on poor little not pissed off yet. I was sweet, oh yes I was, I know you are all finding this so hard to believe, but once I was a sweet, shy child. I don't like that their is no place to put comments or that they ask for any type of comment, just to answer the questions like a robot. Silly me they don't care what we really think, just like they don't really care if our children are stuck in an overcrowded class, in an understaffed school, built on a toxic waste site,with a underpaid teacher with meager resources trying to achieve the goal of surpassing the current 50% graduation rate that we so much enjoy.

Charter school teachers resign

The New York Post is reporting that the remaining teachers of a Bronx Charter School have walked out of the school. They tendered their resignations at the International Leadership Charter School and so have 4 others during the year.
They cite that the Principal as abusive and a tormentor. So now this school has a staff of zero to teach the children. The teachers wanted to stay until the end of the year but they were escorted off the property. That sounds good to me teachers speak out, get removed and the school still stays open. Does anyone else see a problem here?
Our Mayor would like to see more charter schools. This is a big problem since teachers at these schools have no union to protect them. No one to go to file a grievence if they are being treated unfairly. So the teachers are harassed and the students ultimately end up paying the price. While the parents are clamouring to help their children and are applying in droves for what they think is a better solution of their children, it is not. Not when a Principal can get away with harassing teachers knowing they have no place to turn. It makes it a hostile working enviroment and who ends up paying in the end? The same that always end up paying the children.

as of yesterday :
still no survery in the mail for the high school

still no

that is correct survey.
It is okay I am sure I will receive it the day before the deadline.
Do us all a favor and don't have a big press conference telling us what you are doing when you are full of hot air.