Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Helicoptering

A teacher at school has a name for parents that oversee every detail of their child's life. We get the warning of "Blackhawk Down!" when certain parents are on premises.
The rest of us start thinking of anything the particular parent could possibly want. No detail is too small.
This week has been full of such parents. It is the last full week of school. Seniors had their last day and the biggest event of all...
The spirit squad list for next year was posted.
The people involved in tallying up the totals scores for the individuals trying out spent a great deal of time adding and readding and wanting to make sure there were absolutely no mistakes. Finally, the list was done and posted.
Calls are anticipated.
Are the scores truly right?
How could the other girls have qualified?
Are we sure?

The girls are ok, or at least will be after the initial sting of not making the squad passes. The mothers?
Well that is another matter.

1 comment:

  1. Oh My Gosh just read your blog and hope that I was never one of those parents with that nickname!!! Although I must say that I do think at times I could be pretty annoying to you girls in the office.

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