[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

[trishs]

Our crowd gets a pep talk from the Principal about being 
curteous, and not being so rude as to leave after your child's 
performance.  The shame is on those who disregard the Principal, 
who is the children's moral example while they are in her care 
and on her watch.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:14:59 -0600
>Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

>This exact thing happened to me last spring.  Gabriella and her 
second grade
>class was singing in their performance and the people that were 
sitting
>directly behind me continued to talk throughout the entire 
performance.  i
>glared at them, I shushed them,  I glared again and then finally 
in a very
>stern voice I turned and whispered, please be quiet, i would like 
to hear
>the children.  After all, that is why we are here." One woman was 
so
>offended, she said, Well, I've never and my husband said, we can 
tell.  she
>then got up and moved to the other side of the auditorium.  But 
it didn't
>really matter, we got rid of her, but there were people standing 
all over
>the place and after their children were done singing, they 
talked.  V
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:11 PM
>Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!


>> Last year at my girl's Christmas concert I sat across the table
>> from a young woman and man with a little boy two-years-old.
>> Micro man wasn't willing to sit quietly, super-parents weren't
>> willing to take him to the provided quiet room, and Trish almost
>> got herself beat up because I couldn't keep my mouth shut.  I
>> complained to them about their noise and I was told "maybe you
>> should mind your own business, this is a family concert."  I 
said
>> I was aware of that, but I couldn't hear my family.  "Your 
little
>> man may be the center of your universe, but he is not the center
>> of mine, and he's disruptive, and you're inconsiderate."  They
>> went into the office and complained about me.  Nothing happened,
>> but my mom couldn't get me out of there fast enough.
>> Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way, but, if you're in
>> public, the grocery store, restaurant, school event, every thing
>> you do there is public.  If I find your children running around
>> in the store I'm going to say something to you.
>> It's not as though I'm barging into your living room telling you
>> how to raise your family.

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