potato peels? worthless. at least give a whole potato so you can plant it.I also found out last night that my son's grade 1 teacher gave potato peels for Christmas to the kids who weren't well behaved. There more I think of it, the more I think that's got to be one of the biggest asshole moves I can think of. It's Christmas. These kids are 6. If you're gonna be a prick, then don't give presents to anyone. Don't single out 6-yer-olds for ridicule and shame. That's a memory that's going to last a life-time, and certainly doesn't teach them anything about empathy and forgiveness (this is a Catholic school).
My son got one of those whirly helicopter things, but his best friend's mom got to talkin' with my wife last night about how things were going with the teacher (both our boys were "problem child"s at the beginning of the year, but it seems my boy is on the "good" list now?!). Then she mentioned the potato peel thing, and when we asked my son last night, it turns out a bunch of kids got the peels. We're trying to use it as a "teachable" moment, about empathy and kindness... but talk about undermining the teacher's authority... but fuck him, he doesn't deserve to have authority over 6 year olds if he can only use shame and hurt to gain that authority.
anyways, sorry for the rant, but it's totally bugging me.
if you wanna one-up him in the asshole department, make a stink that its a racial insult against the irish