ABC's & 123's
What on EARTH are they teaching in elementary schools these days?!?!? Last week my 7 year old son, Gavin, came home from school. He's in 1st grade. He had a crudely folded piece of paper in his folder with a cute little pencil drawing of a kitty cat on it. I thought "Awwww! His first love note!"
I proceeded to open the note and Gavin tried to grab it from me. I thought he was just embarrassed because it was from a GIRL, so I got it back and opened it up. What I read left me speechless. And that is a feat in itself. Scrawled in a child's sloppy handwriting, but clear as day:
"Do you want to have sex with me? ________ yes or no"
WTF???? Rewind! I had to read it a couple of times for it to sink in. Gavin just stood there looking at me. I asked him who had written the letter. A little girl named Lauren had given it to him. The same girl he had been complaining about all school year long for "being mean" to him. Uh-huh. Looks like she wanted to make up for it now. I asked Gavin if he knew what it meant and he got really embarrassed. He obviously doesn't really know what it means, but he knows it has something to do with kissing and stuff. I had him point her out in his class picture and I have to admit, she's a looker-- one of those little girls who is obviously going to be model gorgeous with no effort at all. (Way to GO, Gavin! JUST KIDDING!)
Well, pardon me, but I don't want my 7 year old to even be thinking about STUFF! As old as I am, I CAN remember being in 1st grade, and I can assure you that the word "sex" never crossed my mind. In fact, I don't think anything worse than holding hands with a boy ever occured to me until 5th or 6th grade.
The next day, I took Gavin to school and gave the note to his teacher and said who it was from. She happened to be standing in the hall with one of the other 1st grade teachers. They both opened it and read it and-- I kid you not-- said "Considering who wrote it, it doesn't surprise me one bit!"
Pardon me?! Doesn't surprise you? They proceeded to tell me that this angelic looking little creature was really satan in disguise. She had been in more trouble than just about any other kid in class but her parents were insistent that the teachers were just "picking on her" and "singling her out" and that "she's s good little girl." Um, yea...if she keeps this pace up, she's going to be one VERY popular little girl with a couple of kids by the time she graduates!
This little incident was only the most recent in a string of fun little lessons my child has learned. The week prior to the sex note incident, we were all sitting at the dinner table and Gavin announced "Did you know Michael Jackson spent 5 days in jail and he's GAY?"
Does anyone know the Heimlich!?!?!?
When I finally managed to swallow my food, I said "OK, first of all, I don't think he spent 5 days in jail, and even if he did, it has nothing to do with being gay! He's in court right now and is on trial for doing inappropriate things with little boys, but he's not been found guilty and he hasn't gone to jail. Oh, and do you even know what 'gay' means?"
Gavin says "yea, it's when a boy kisses another boy."
Oh boy :(
Thank GOD Friday was the last day of school for Gavin....at least until July 19th when he will be starting at the NEW elementary school I enrolled him in. I sure hope the kids are a bit more innocent there!
I proceeded to open the note and Gavin tried to grab it from me. I thought he was just embarrassed because it was from a GIRL, so I got it back and opened it up. What I read left me speechless. And that is a feat in itself. Scrawled in a child's sloppy handwriting, but clear as day:
"Do you want to have sex with me? ________ yes or no"
WTF???? Rewind! I had to read it a couple of times for it to sink in. Gavin just stood there looking at me. I asked him who had written the letter. A little girl named Lauren had given it to him. The same girl he had been complaining about all school year long for "being mean" to him. Uh-huh. Looks like she wanted to make up for it now. I asked Gavin if he knew what it meant and he got really embarrassed. He obviously doesn't really know what it means, but he knows it has something to do with kissing and stuff. I had him point her out in his class picture and I have to admit, she's a looker-- one of those little girls who is obviously going to be model gorgeous with no effort at all. (Way to GO, Gavin! JUST KIDDING!)
Well, pardon me, but I don't want my 7 year old to even be thinking about STUFF! As old as I am, I CAN remember being in 1st grade, and I can assure you that the word "sex" never crossed my mind. In fact, I don't think anything worse than holding hands with a boy ever occured to me until 5th or 6th grade.
The next day, I took Gavin to school and gave the note to his teacher and said who it was from. She happened to be standing in the hall with one of the other 1st grade teachers. They both opened it and read it and-- I kid you not-- said "Considering who wrote it, it doesn't surprise me one bit!"
Pardon me?! Doesn't surprise you? They proceeded to tell me that this angelic looking little creature was really satan in disguise. She had been in more trouble than just about any other kid in class but her parents were insistent that the teachers were just "picking on her" and "singling her out" and that "she's s good little girl." Um, yea...if she keeps this pace up, she's going to be one VERY popular little girl with a couple of kids by the time she graduates!
This little incident was only the most recent in a string of fun little lessons my child has learned. The week prior to the sex note incident, we were all sitting at the dinner table and Gavin announced "Did you know Michael Jackson spent 5 days in jail and he's GAY?"
When I finally managed to swallow my food, I said "OK, first of all, I don't think he spent 5 days in jail, and even if he did, it has nothing to do with being gay! He's in court right now and is on trial for doing inappropriate things with little boys, but he's not been found guilty and he hasn't gone to jail. Oh, and do you even know what 'gay' means?"
Gavin says "yea, it's when a boy kisses another boy."
Oh boy :(
Thank GOD Friday was the last day of school for Gavin....at least until July 19th when he will be starting at the NEW elementary school I enrolled him in. I sure hope the kids are a bit more innocent there!
posted by Carey @ 7:47 PM
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