Back to School
So the kids are back in school this week. What this means for me:
1. Fewer time-off related injuries caused by such fun unsupervised summer activities as blowing stuff up, building tree houses, and running amok through the neighborhood.
2. More state-mandated screenings for alcohol or marijuana when someone at school suspects a kid of being intoxicated.
3. Less parents coming in for acute anxiety attacks, fits of rage, and depression. Yay! Kids are back at school!
4. More football related head injuries (I see so many of them it is scary).
5. More kids with absolutely no injuries who are brought in because their school bus had a 5mph fender bender.
6. More kids faking illness to get out of class.
7. Fewer parents faking illness for an excuse to not go on a family road trip.
Thursday, September 6th 2012 at 11:17 pm |
My father-in-law was a RN in the ER at Parkland-Dallas (main public hospital for several years. So many neck & head injuries from football, including one where he sat with a teenager who died before his parents could arrive. My husband was forbidden from playing football, and I am more than happy to continue that prohibition for my 3 boys. I can’t believe that peewee football even exists anymore now that we’ve learned what football does to brains.
Friday, November 23rd 2012 at 3:54 pm |
- For every homecoming game we have a dfeeirfnt theme ( 08 was Disney themed) and the cheerleaders had their cheers centered around dfeeirfnt songs. For example 『I just can’t wait to be king』 from the Lion King- We have the shirtless boys who paint numbers and names on their chests and stand out in the freezing cold- We have blackout games (Everyone wears black)- We embarass teachers and freshman at our Pep Rally every year. One kid always dresses up as our mascot = Rosie the Ram.- A lot of red, white and blue (our school colors)- The list goes on and on