Morgan County School System

I have not had a chance to update a post about the school system here, other than a brief blip about the entitlement and the elementary school.  So, I will go into a bit more detail here.

The curriculum:

The kids learn basically nothing at school.  They are all sat in front of computers in a round robin scenario, and the teachers barely teach them.  The programs they learn from on the computers are home schooled programs, that home schooled kids use.  There is still "No Child Left Behind", and thus the kids are basically stuck in front of computers while little Johnny gets all of the teachers and teachers' helpers' attention.

The kids come home with over 8 hours of homework a day (a lot still), as they are still learning next to nothing in the school system and the teachers know they are "behind" in teaching the kids....so it gets shoved onto the parents instead.  The ironic part about the home work, is that the school recently enacted a "no homework" policy.  However, the teachers get around this by calling it "bus work".  Right.  Uh huh.

Mrs. Bennett:

This teacher is the reading teacher for 5th grade, currently.  She is BLM, modern day Feminist, Hillary supporter, and has an extreme agenda this year.  I'm all for people believing in whatever they want to believe, as long as they do not force their opinions onto others.  Meaning, I don't care if this bitch shows up to protests as long as she doesn't try to get my kid to go to one too.  Which she has tried to do, numerous times.

She picked out all of the books this year.  My oldest read a book this year that had the term "dirty redneck cracker" in it no less than 50 times.  None of the parents were informed about this book being read.  Doing my due diligence as a parent, I ordered a copy and read the book too.  It's supposed to be about bridging the divide between races, but it comes across as extremely racist against white people.  It really is.  I tried to let it go, because it was the beginning of the school year.

Due to this book, however, a downfall occurred.  There has always been an extreme problem with racial divide in this town.  I know, my husband tells me all about growing up here.  There is one still now.  If you are even volunteering on a field trip...you cannot "correct" the black students without being labeled a racist.  Black kids here can and do get away with basically murder, with zero repercussions because the school system does not want to be "racist".  Black kids act crazy in the classroom (not all but most), and the teacher cannot tell them to stop without being accused of hate "black people".  Mrs. Bennett is a strong believer in yelling at the white kids, when a black kid is trying to stab someone. She blames the white students, instead of the perpetrator.  For the record, she's white.  We have no idea why she acts this way...but we think it's due to her "old school correction" mentality (meaning, she is over tip toeing in trying to correct the original racial issues).

Anyways, the black kids were going to school and screaming racist terms towards the white kids, this caused basically constant fist fighting in the school.  My daughter was punched in the face once, accidentally (she was trying to diffuse a fight).  Kids were going home and calling their parents these terms, who were then calling me or the school about it....

The school did nothing to stop any of this, and it continues to this day...all because of a book.  No one has been punished thus far, and any parent that has tried to discuss this with the principal has been deemed a "racist".  He also claims that the book is a "classic" (first printed in 1997, hardly a classic).  I have been trying to stay out of it all.

For the record, the other 3 books this year are not much better.  One teaches the kids how to lie constantly to get what they want, and another one is about murdering people.  So, yeah, not impressed with the book selection.  I've been having my daughter read the real classics on the side, even if the first book ruined the ending of Jane Eyr.

Not only do we have questionable books being picked out for the older kids, but we also have a die hard Hillary supporter.  This woman is in her 60s, and she has been following the election like no one's business.  (I voted Trump, but whatever...to each their own)  She would give out tests about the election, which my kid barely understands, and on the tests it would have some insane questions/answers.  For instance, one such test had a question that said: "Do you think Trump is a racist" (exact words)  The answers were: "Yes" "No" "I don't know."  My daughter selected "I don't know", because she does not know.  It was marked wrong and several of the kids failed the test because of this...which was when the principal then had them "retake" the test (for higher test scores for the school, y'all) and made sure they selected the "correct" answer.

They were also being forced to write and read "good" reports about Hillary the entire time.  If anything nice was said about Trump, instant fail.  Thus, my daughter and I paid a lot of attention to the election this year.  Through our own research, I became a Trump supporter (I usually do not even vote) and she is a middle leaning-Trump supporter, though concerned about the wall.

Add on, since this woman is a modern day feminist, she has been lecturing the kids about the "pink tax" this past week.  Awesome.  I gave my daughter permission to google this the other day.  Basically, it was explained to the kids like this: "If you buy a pink scooter you have to pay $59.99 for the scooter.  If you buy a blue scooter you have to pay $29.99 for it.  This is because today, our systems are very anti-woman and this is called the pink tax.  Women pay more for things that are for women, because our society is unfair to women."

This is basically in reference to the "gender tax".  I'm extremely pissed off that once a week, my daughter and I are having to scour the internet and help her find information she is looking for.  This teacher has a serious agenda, and she needs to just fucking stop.  These are kids, let them make their own minds.  Instead of spouting your hateful bullshit, give them a project to do like "Do the gender tax exist?" and then let them come to their own conclusions.  Don't just brainwash the fuck out of them.

For the record, even congress has spoken on this topic (here's an interesting video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhfqhjedzKM). It does not exist, and as consumers we have a choice in what we buy.  This is called personal responsibility, which I'm sure most people nowadays have zero of.  Sadly, this is very common in the south.  Instead of blaming yourself for accidentally buying a $5 deordorant instead of a $1 stick of deordorant, they are now blaming the government for it's perceived "bias".  Seriously, grow the fuck up and spend money where you want/when you want.  The less people that buy the expensive shit, the less the company makes and will soon go under.  This is simple math.

Yes, some plus size women clothes cost more...but that's because as a woman, you want something with frills or looking better than a straight up polo shirt that is easy to make.  Or for instance, women pay more for razors...why are they not using the dollar shave club? (I have personally not bought a razor in over 3 years, and still have an older one I resharpen on my jeans...so...not sure the complaint there)  Add on, things like deodorant do NOT cost more.  My husband's deodorant costs 3 times as much as my dollar deodorant that works just fine (though even the expensive kids are still not as much as a dude's, go to your grocery store and check).

But, you know, this is the South and this is considered "just fine" to be teaching about.  Anywhere else, this woman would have been fucking fired.

The Teachers:

Thus far, I haven't minded most of the teacher's in the school system.  Most of them are fantastic.  However, some of the "helpers" are assholes.  For instance, my oldest has a helper in her classroom.  The helper was covering for the teacher this week during the Valentine's Day party, and she was actively screaming "shut up" to the kids.  Total bitch.  They weren't even being super loud and it was a fucking party.

The students to teacher ratio is actually really good.  I think this is due to being a small town.  Thus, while there is more room for students to be learning...the curriculum itself and the way the students are being teached, is sub par.

Room Parent:

I am still room parent, though this will be my last year.  I am room parent for 6 (!) classes this year, 2 of which my kids are actually in.  So, basically I am doing things for these kids x6 and getting zero reward from it all.  I'm not even thanked properly.

In fact, for example, for the Halloween (non)party (not allowed to have a party, but we did goody bags)...parents actively counted candy out into zip lock bags and sent them home to me to divide up.  This is very stupid, and I have never seen this before.  So, say the class had 22 people in the class..the parent then counted out Hershey Kisses out to sent to me to divide into the goody bags.  That's fucking pathetic, as this is a rich as fuck area.  In fact, their kids ate half the candy before the candy even arrived to me...and I was forced to buy bags of random candy to "replace" the missing candy.

For Christmas, we did candy sleighs again.  They came out looking fantastic, however my son got into them and destroyed most of them the DAY OF the party.  Fuck.  So, my husband and I banged out 250 more (seriously) and I sped the entire way the parties.  I was only about 10 minutes late, but people were pissed.  The kids complained that some of them were "slightly crooked" and refused to eat them.  What the fuck.  Entitled little shits, parents and kids alike.

I have two more examples from this past party (Valentine's Day).  One parent contacted kid #2's teacher behind my back, and was gossiping about wanting to do a game for the kids (they are way too old for this shit).  Teacher told her to contact me, because what the fuck.  Parent then comes to me and claims that the teacher said that they do a game every year (teacher never said this, as I confirmed later).  The parent wanted me to CREATE a game to play, 2 days before the party, and bring the materials in the play.  Yeah, no.  I kindly informed her all Southern-style, that if she wanted to do that she was free to do it on her own...as I was not going to do one.  (Most of these kids only care about Pokemon, by the way)

Update:  The game that was created was putting a straw in your mouth and a sweetheart candy on the other end.  You had to go around the room in a sort of race.  Only 4? straws were providing and only a few candies.  Thus, all of the kids suddenly had the flew afterwards.  Awesome game this bitch created.

For kid #1's class, another parent contacted me about wanting to order pizza.  I was all for this idea, and this is not uncommon.  However, this parent wanted to order the pizza from Athens (over 45 minutes away) and have me drive to pick it up from there, drive back to the school with it, and hand it out.  I am not a fucking slave.  I kindly informed the woman she could order from the local pizza place, and I could pick it up or she could have it delivered to the school the day off and left at the office.  I received zero word back from her.  (She also claimed that she was attending a funeral that day, which I found fucking hysterical.  My mother just passed last Sunday and she knew this.  She was trying to manipulate me into going and doing it for her, due to my own circumstances.  Fuck that.  I have an obituary, funeral and a slew of other shit to plan.)

Generally, being a room parent this year has been a fucking hassle.  I am treated like a slave, with zero thanks and a lot of gripes from kids.  They also like to hang out in groups and giving me cold bitch face if I try to speak to them.  Meanwhile, I am one of the ones doing the most for their little shit stains.  Needless to say, I will NOT be a room parent in future years...not even after we move. We might send some things in, but we won't go out of our way anymore.

Inclusion:

Because of the school system supposedly being amazing, I am constantly ask how I feel about the schools.  My husband has taught me how to be Southern nice, and I try to tell people exactly how this school is without coming across as a spiteful bitch.  However, let's be real here...these people are cliquey assholes.  This place is all about "who you know" and not about "what you have done in the past".  Meaning, no matter what I or my kids do, we will never be accepted into their little circle of fuckery.

The worst of this is, I'm not even a hugely judgmental asshole.  I tend to include anyone into a conversation with me and joke around equally with people.  The only time I have an issue with someone is if they fuck with me/mine.  Otherwise, I don't care if the person is dirt poor or rich.  Just as long as they do not act like fucking assholes.

Let's not excuse the fact that there was a parent who demanded a parking spot end of last year.  Most parents would drive and arrive at the school 2 hours early to get a better spot in line, so they could get home sooner.  This was not uncommon, and I was one of them.  Sometimes, I was even first in line.  However, the PTA president decided she was more special than everyone else and demanded that we allow her to show up 30 minutes before school ends and demanded a spot be left open for her.  Her excuse?  Her kid is in speech language (IPE), not horrifically, and needed use of the sidewalk for his "disability".  Total bullshit.  She never asked me or anyone else to back up, she went immediately to the principal with her demands...who caved.  (Meanwhile, I am legit handicapped and cannot park in the handicapped spot because other parents block it in. But, nope, that's another "me problem".)

Our first week of school here, when we first moved, the school called CPS on us because "they didn't know me".  They made mention of not having a Southern accent, later when confronted.  Once they met my Southern husband and interrogated us about who we were related to, they stopped their bullshit.  However, this is just one of the many ways that these assholes treated me.

I am constantly judged for having 4 kids, like I am some sort of redneck trailer park trash.  People here treat me like I am a scourge of the Earth.  We get terrible service, nasty looks, and nasty comments constantly.  All because I do not have a GA license plate, have 4 kids, and do not have a Southern accent.

In conclusion, this place is not accepting of new people at all.  I tried really hard to "get along" and "let things go".  I was doing everything, and I mean everything, for this school.  The PTA scheduled things like book fairs or running a horrifically overpriced school store (example: shoe strings cost $5).  We were making huge goody bags and treats for the kids, over my original price point ($3.00 per kid in some cases) and we were still being shit on by all of the parents and the kids.  I've never received a thank you for anything that I do.  In fact, I was constantly treated like shit (even more than in Utah).

This town is filled with rich assholes, that are super entitled.  They all get bored and the housewives gossip a ton about each other.  This is like being stuck in high school, where no one ever grew up.  It is exhausting living here, and the main reason we are looking to buy a home "sheltered" from society.  Before, we just wanted to live on some land to homestead a bit...now we want to get the fuck away from people.  The people in this town, pushed us to that.

Things happen all the time here, that will make your head spin.  We already live on the very edge of town, and we still have to deal with all of the bullshit that this town entails.  It is not enjoyable dealing with the locals.  I am extremely happy we are moving away from the South, as I doubt I would have ever fit in.  We've been here almost 3 years (in June) and we were never included in shit.  If anything, we were treated worse for my daring to be from the North (a horrible offense here).  I hate the South and we should never have moved here.