WEIRD-ASS political doin's at my daughter's elementary school today [View All]

(We live in a suburb of Dallas. Let's just get that out of the way first.)

This morning, my daughter put on a black dress, black tights, and black shoes. She put a little black headband in her hair. I thought she looked pretty, told her so, thought nothing of it. I totally forgot about wearing black today. I fasted, I didn't spend a penny, but the black part went right past me.

So I went to pick her up this afternoon. When she came out, three of her former teachers were with her, all dressed in head to toe black. I thought that was odd for a second, then one of them said, "We knew if ANY kid was going to dress in all black today, it'd be her!" Then I slapped my forehead, told them I totally forgot. I didn't even know she KNEW today was the coronation. She told me "I thought you knew why I was wearing all black!"

Then a dad I only vaguely know came up to me and said, "Did you know Ms. Smith was fired?" Ms. Smith is/was my daughter's teacher. I told him I didn't, asked him when it happened. He said two days ago (that explains the subs, I just thought she was sick). Then he rolled his eyes and said, "Get this. She was fired for talking about God and Christianity to the class. Like that's a big deal." (Not everyone in the world knows my politics.) I looked at him and said, "Would you have thought it was a big deal if she were preaching about Islam to them?" And he said, "Well THAT'D be stupid!!!" I could tell he was a hopeless case, so I said, "If she really was proselytizing to the class, then it's appropriate that she is gone. We are SUPPOSED to have separation of church and state, you know."

I walked away from him, because honestly, I wasn't in the mood for the whole "OH US CHRISTIANS ARE SUCH VICTIMS" face-rending, garment-tearing session.

Then I saw a friend of mine whose daughter is in my daughter's class. She is a Democrat, too. (Also in solid black. Dammit, why didn't I remember???) She came running up to me and said "DID YOU HEAR?" and I said "Yeah she was fired for preaching" and she said "NO about today!"

She told me that apparently a group of teachers and parents wanted the principal to kind of stop the school day and have the kids watch the coronation coverage instead of having class. Principal said no. The teachers were upset, but the parents were apparently seething with anger over it. She explained that it was still an instructional day, and that SOME parents might not like the idea. Plus, she pointed out, they didn't stop school all day for the inauguration in 2001 OR in 1997 or 1993, for that matter.

One dad apparently got pretty indignant (this was yesterday afternoon) and said "BUT THIS IS HISTORICAL!!" She told him "They are ALL historical" and she reiterated that there was no precedent for doing that, and that they wouldn't.

WELL. Some parents actually pulled their kids out of school today to see it. A few of the teachers who wanted to watch it all day called in sick.

But here's the really interesting part: my daughter's class had a sub today (again, because her teacher was fired for proselytizing). THE SUB WAS ONE OF THE PARENTS WHO WANTED THE KIDS TO WATCH THE COVERAGE!

So. She proceeded to talk to the kids almost the entire day in this manner (examples I was told of):

"I would give anything to be in DC today. I would kiss the ground bush walks on. And I would spit and vomit on the ground Kerry and Clinton walk on."

and

"Kids, you better learn now, Democrats are LAZY. They're lazy and immoral. And you know what? I don't care if you go home and tell your parents I said that, either, because most of them would probably agree."

(Last time my daughter heard this was from a lunchlady who aroused the anger of so many parents who are Dems, that she was transferred to another school. Last time my daughter heard this, it moved her to tears---because her parents were being insulted. This time, she said, it just made her angry.)

She also told them they should count their lucky stars they are living while "the greatest man that GOD EVER PUT IN THE WHITE HOUSE is president."

My daughter reports (the other mom was backing all this information up, too) that at that point, she nearly vomited on her desk.

I asked my daughter if she said anything to the sub and she said no.

That other mom and I decided we are going to contact other parents we know to be Dems in that class and go to the principal together. This will NOT stand.

If my daughter isn't getting preached at about God and Jesus, she's getting preached at about bush. Hell's bells.