01.24.10
Long Weekend
We are fully into toddler mode — we eat, sleep, and play for toddlers.
This weekend, though, we were unexpectedly flung into teenager mode.
My sister went out of town at the last minute leaving us to cover for her. My nephew was tied up with a public speaking competition at OU and it fell upon me to pick him up and drop him off.
Friday night I was supposed to get him at 10. Never heard from him until 11 at which time I just headed that way. I get to campus and meet him only to discover that his teacher is insisting I come in to “check” him out from her. Grr. I am wearing pajamas and a sweatshirt and have on no makeup. Ed says I scared one of his friends. Anyway, I tried to call the teacher but she insisted. Luckily I was able to find parking. She did not want to let Ed leave until the competition was over nor did she want to let him leave with anyone other than his guardian. But it is okay for him to leave from the school after the school with another student? Crazy logic there. I realize there are school policies in place but at 11:45, school policy goes out the window in my book. It was time for those kids to be in bed! His fellow students did not get home until after 1 am and had to be back at school by 6:30 the next morning.
I think this is a bad setup. What is this competition really assessing — who can do the best with the least sleep? I thought the point was to have students perform at their best and that requires adequate rest!