Ummmm, this IS a school, no?
I am so peeved. My son’s school is having their annual end-of-school function. Although he is not graduating, his 2nd grade class is doing some play and insha’Allah my son will receive recognition for winning a Quran competition. Anyway, they sent home a note Tuesday letting us know that the function is this Friday between 5-8pm. Now…I will not even get into the fact that for a school of less than 200 kids, 3 hours is waaay too long on Friday. Masha’Allah, it’s for the kids and they really work hard for these things. However, there was a request directive, that “in order to keep the event serious and calm, no kids under 6 should come if they are not students of the school”…huh? Don’t get me wrong, I understand the sentiment behind the request, but huh? Of course I’m acting indign’t because I have a 3 year-old who will be there. I mean really! You’re a school for goodness sakes. Just make an announcement for parents to walk out for a bit if your kids gets too loud.
I went to public schools growing up and if you did as well you know that school functions can be trflin’ when parents bring loud screaming babies. Those w/ sense will usually walk out. I am just shocked that a principal will tell parents to leave younger kids home. I don’t know, like I said, I have a dime in this quarter so maybe I’m just taking this too personally.
I can see why you’d be angry. I’m sure there are quite a few parents who have very young children as well. That seems like an odd request/directive.
Comment by Tasha — June 19, 2009 @ 12:42p
I hate loud annoying kids like the next person but its a school function and second, it was short notice. People seriously need to be reasonable! Are you attending ISNA?
Comment by Browngurl — July 2, 2009 @ 1:31p