tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post1973280707474824240..comments2023-08-06T05:53:49.308-07:00Comments on The Former Anne Spollen's Author Blog Is Being Retitled to "Notes from Living Upghetto": The Justice MomAnne Spollenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-73047480354773242902008-11-11T12:44:00.000-08:002008-11-11T12:44:00.000-08:00Wow, Anne! When I said "adults didn't stand up for...Wow, Anne! When I said "adults didn't stand up for kids," I was thinking mostly of my 3rd grade teacher. She was absolutely Draconian. I don't know if she was bipolar, but mental issues of some sort --- OH yeah! Looking back on her behavior, combined with some rumors, I also suspect a guy dumped her big-time. I feel bad about that part, but the lady was too cruel and too ill to be with kids. The parents never knew the half of it. In my kids' school, parents were all over the place. And they say parents today aren't involved in education . . .?Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-31203323046414757822008-11-10T17:51:00.000-08:002008-11-10T17:51:00.000-08:00I think Justice Mom should have opened a can of wh...I think Justice Mom should have opened a can of whoop ass on the idiot scaring a toddler.<BR/><BR/>I think if more parents got involved, kids wouldn't be the disrespectful vandals and bullies that so many seem to be now days.<BR/><BR/>GOOD FOR YOU!<BR/><BR/>:) TerriTerriRainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301763290901887933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-1058873739336113332008-11-08T08:39:00.000-08:002008-11-08T08:39:00.000-08:00Yes, Marcia, I think you are right. I do remember ...Yes, Marcia, I think you are right. I do remember my parents telling me to withstand a particularly bizarre and unfair grade school teacher (looking back, he was most likely bipolar). Their reasoning was I would have to learn to get along with unfair people when I got a job. And I remember thinking I would change jobs if I ever got a boss like Mr. H. Of course I could never express that back then.<BR/><BR/>And as far as those adults -- I know I sound judgmental and crabby about their beer party, but why are they out on the street during Halloween? That night really does belong to the kids. The under 12 crowd never goes out in the dark, and they never get such unlimited access to candy. So it's kind of their only night to do that. Beer parties belong indoors.<BR/><BR/>And right, Tabitha, like an upset kid is EVER humorous at all. There were a lot of other adults giving the beery adults dirty looks. But my kids expected me to say something. They are either going to grow up and never want to be in the spotlight like that - or they will do exactly what they saw me do. Time will tell. (But in the interim,I doubt the folks on the next block will be inviting me to any parties...)Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-70287612224707171522008-11-07T08:55:00.000-08:002008-11-07T08:55:00.000-08:00Great story. I would have said the same thing to ...Great story. I would have said the same thing to the guy in the sheet. I mean, come on, the girl was sobbing!! In what universe is that funny??<BR/><BR/>I think that your kids will interpret your actions as how the world should work, if they haven't already. They see you standing up for unfairness, and it makes some kind of impact.Tabithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420910182752981979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-65295125193389789742008-11-07T07:41:00.000-08:002008-11-07T07:41:00.000-08:00Probably a little of both. :)I think they'll appre...Probably a little of both. :)I think they'll appreciate the Justice Mom in years to come, and probably do now, too, mixed in with the inevitable embarrassment. Back in the stone age when I was a kid, adults didn't stand up for kids, and that could be pretty scary at times. And I think that's why Boomer parents stood up for them a lot; we want the pendulum to swing the other way.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.com