Sunday, March 8, 2009

Freedom of Expression

I teach, therefore I am... No, really.
By now you know I'm a people watcher. I'm usually the one sitting a little off from the others, arms folded and quiet. It's earned me quite the reputation for being a snob but it's not really that, it's just that I'm taking in the scene. Doing my thing. People watching. Anyway, I digress. Well, this week, some kids at my school decided amongst themselves that they were going to have their very own tacky day. Wow. They came up with that on their own. Ok, I'm a sarcastic people watcher:-) Anyway, in their mind, it's waaaay cool to wear plaid pants and striped shirts with totally unmatching colors and two totally different pairs of socks on each leg pulled all the way up to the knees. *complete silence* Ok. If you want to express yourself, go for it. yadda, yadda, yadda. They coordinated the WHOLE thing and walked into school like "What??". They were so proud... Then...IT happened... In comes the ONE who will mess it up for everybody... Yep. The ONE... In walks a grown azz 15 year old size 16 but wearing a size 12 hot mess. She. went. too. far. SHE decides it's cute to wear a d@mn DIAPER to school over her tacky clothes. I'm mad that she either: 1. Went to the store and bought diapers that big or 2. Stole some depends from her disabled relative. Those things are hella expensive. My reaction?? *mouth drop* *complete silence for a minute* Grab the cell phone, take a picture and send it to my other co-workers lucky enough to not be in the midst of this atrocity... Maybe I was wrong and I'll pay for it one day but for that moment, someone else had to share in my misery. She had NO shame in this game and the facial expression to match it. Seriously. I had a flashback of Jamie Foxx's Wanda as I took in her mean mugging face... My previous attempts to reach this child were fruitless and unappreciated. By her and her momma... Somebody, anybody, everybody please, help me out here! I'm supposed to understand these things but what the heck was that big "A" diaper supposed to prove?? If you were still a student, would you go that far?? If this were your daughter, would you allow her to go to school dressed like this all for the sake of "expressing oneself?? If she were mine, she'd be UNDER the house before I allowed that freedom of expression. No way, babycakes... Amendment rights do NOT apply to you... Get a job to pay for them diapers you wanna wear and then you have a bargaining chip! Ugh!

Congrats to 12kyle on the new job and Mrs12 for joining the ranks of the greatest sorority in the world. Welcome to the Sisterhood!










Until next time, I remain...

6 comments:

Keith said...

I sure wished you had posted a photo of that..Hahahahahahahahahahaha..
What are we going to do with our folks? Huh Dione???Hahahahahahahahah!

Dione said...

Keith, you are off da chain! I woulda posted a pic but you know about all those legalities :-)

12kyle said...

You are a much better person than me. I would have snapped a few pics...emailed em...and had em posted on twitter, facebook, and the blogs. LMAO!!! Seriously, I'm all for expression but that is a bit too much. If you wanna wear a diaper...what's next? Coming to school nekkid?

Thanks for the shout out. I attended her step show on Saturday. I'm usually bored out of my mind at step shows but this one was good. I stayed awake thanks to the good ole blackberry. I know you'd be proud of me. LOL

All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalo said...

we all just need to learn not to judge based on the external

Beautifully.Conjured.Up said...

Great post!!! Hmmmm, except for the mention of DST being the greatest in the world...

...*smile*...

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