[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

[Barbara Hammel]

And then we wonder why the children don't have manners.  The apples don't 
fall far from the tree.
Barbara

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:14 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
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!
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>> 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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