Flar's Freyja
March 16th, 2004, 06:43 AM
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Subject: [PaganMother] teachers letter
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thomas,
I write this letter in concern of your daughter, Aradia Moon. Please don't
take this the wrong way, however, although she is a straight A student and a
very bright child, she has some strange habits that I feel we should address.
Every morning before class, she insists on walking around the room with her
pencil in the air. She says she is "drawing down the moon." I told her art class is
in an hour and to please refrain until then to do any drawing. And speaking
of art class, whenever she draws a night sky, she insists on drawing little
circles around all the stars and people dancing on the ground. And that brings up
dancing, I had to stop her twice for taking off her clothes during a game of
Ring Around the Rosey! By the way, what does "skyclad" mean? Aradia has no
problem with making friends. I always find her sitting outside during recess with
her friends sitting around her in a circle. She likes to share her juice and
cookies. It is nice how she wants no one to ever thirst or hunger. However,
when I walked over to see what they were doing, she jumped up and told me to
stop, pulled out a little plastic knife and started waiving it in front of me. I
thought this a bit dangerous, so I took her to the Principal's Office. She
explained to the Principal that she was "opening the circle" to let me in. She
also said that her Mommy and Daddy always told her not to play or run with an
"athame" in her hand, that she could put someone's eye out. I don't know what an
"athame" is, but I'm glad she keeps it at home. As for stories, your daughter
tends to make up some whoppers. Just yesterday while I was talking sternly to
Tommy Johson and shaking my finger at him, he started screaming and ran from
the room. When I finally caught him, he told me Aradia told him and the rest
of the class that the last time I shook my finger at someone, they caught the
chicken pox. I explained to him that the Sally Jones incident was just a
coincidence, and that things like that don't really happen. One of the strangest
things that happened was when I asked the children to bring in Halloween
decorations for the classroom. Aradia brought in salt, incense, and her family album.
I see she has quite a sense of humour. One of Aradia's worst habits is that
she is very argumentative. We were discussing what the Golden Rule was (Do Unto
Others as you would have them Do Unto You), she firmly disagreed with me and
stated that it was "Do As you Will, but Harm None" and she will not stop saying
"So Mote It Be" after she reads aloud in class. I try to correct her on these
matters and she got very angry. She pointed her finger at me and mumbled
something under her breath. In closing, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, I would like to set
up a parent/teacher conference with you sometime next week to discuss these
matters. I would like to see you sooner, but I have developed an irritating rash
that I am quite worried about.
With deep concerns,
Mrs. Livingston
P.S. Blessed Be. I understand this is a greeting or closing from your country
that your daughter informs me is polite and correct.
Subject: [PaganMother] teachers letter
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thomas,
I write this letter in concern of your daughter, Aradia Moon. Please don't
take this the wrong way, however, although she is a straight A student and a
very bright child, she has some strange habits that I feel we should address.
Every morning before class, she insists on walking around the room with her
pencil in the air. She says she is "drawing down the moon." I told her art class is
in an hour and to please refrain until then to do any drawing. And speaking
of art class, whenever she draws a night sky, she insists on drawing little
circles around all the stars and people dancing on the ground. And that brings up
dancing, I had to stop her twice for taking off her clothes during a game of
Ring Around the Rosey! By the way, what does "skyclad" mean? Aradia has no
problem with making friends. I always find her sitting outside during recess with
her friends sitting around her in a circle. She likes to share her juice and
cookies. It is nice how she wants no one to ever thirst or hunger. However,
when I walked over to see what they were doing, she jumped up and told me to
stop, pulled out a little plastic knife and started waiving it in front of me. I
thought this a bit dangerous, so I took her to the Principal's Office. She
explained to the Principal that she was "opening the circle" to let me in. She
also said that her Mommy and Daddy always told her not to play or run with an
"athame" in her hand, that she could put someone's eye out. I don't know what an
"athame" is, but I'm glad she keeps it at home. As for stories, your daughter
tends to make up some whoppers. Just yesterday while I was talking sternly to
Tommy Johson and shaking my finger at him, he started screaming and ran from
the room. When I finally caught him, he told me Aradia told him and the rest
of the class that the last time I shook my finger at someone, they caught the
chicken pox. I explained to him that the Sally Jones incident was just a
coincidence, and that things like that don't really happen. One of the strangest
things that happened was when I asked the children to bring in Halloween
decorations for the classroom. Aradia brought in salt, incense, and her family album.
I see she has quite a sense of humour. One of Aradia's worst habits is that
she is very argumentative. We were discussing what the Golden Rule was (Do Unto
Others as you would have them Do Unto You), she firmly disagreed with me and
stated that it was "Do As you Will, but Harm None" and she will not stop saying
"So Mote It Be" after she reads aloud in class. I try to correct her on these
matters and she got very angry. She pointed her finger at me and mumbled
something under her breath. In closing, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, I would like to set
up a parent/teacher conference with you sometime next week to discuss these
matters. I would like to see you sooner, but I have developed an irritating rash
that I am quite worried about.
With deep concerns,
Mrs. Livingston
P.S. Blessed Be. I understand this is a greeting or closing from your country
that your daughter informs me is polite and correct.