Today I signed a special paper because I didn't sign a paper yesterday.
This is totally getting out of control.
I'm sure everyone has their own little annoyances with their schools. We've had our fair share with both our old Ohio and Maryland ones. And maybe I'm getting old and grumpy but there are just some things that are not necessary to getting an education and therefore make me batty.
My latest pet peeve is the signing of papers. I have to sign Kyle's homework every day. I have to sign a stupid little paper leaf every day for each twin when they read 30 minutes. I have to sign their homework journals every day. I have to sign tests. I have to sign behavior reports, permission slips, report cards, conference time sheets... We're talking like 40 signatures a week. Dude I'm not the president or anything, I should not be writing my name this often.
I kinda understand, the teachers want to make sure the parents know what is going on. And I guess so kids don't lie about reading a book? I have no clue why I'm suppose to sign Kyle's homework. I think that's the part that annoys me the most, they don't trust the kids. Or accept that most parents do know what the heck is going on. Which is probably a problem for some but why waste the time of 95% of the other parents then? Who are probably just trying to catch up on their email between running to a million different activities and are really tired of pencils and papers being thrust in their face with "Mommy, sign this!"
I'm trying to figure out the best tactful way to refuse signing. It's just the principle of it all. I should sign report cards and permission slips and the really bad test (we had one of those, ouch). The biggest problem is that if I don't sign, the kids get in trouble at school. Ally had to "pull a straw" since I didn't sign something yesterday. And then her teacher made her write up the behavior report because of something I didn't do. (So wrong!) Trust me, it was not an important signature either, I think it was the daily homework journal again.
Maybe I should order a stamp with my signature? I'd teach them to forge my name but that would probably lead to trouble later down the line...
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