Untitled to protect the innocent

This may or may not have happened to a friend of mine
*Names have been changed to protect the innocent

So there is this mom I know (we'll call her *Jorgee) and she stopped in her daughters (we'll call her *Gabby) school one day after school because she was waiting on Gabbys bus to make it back from another school and she had some time to kill, so she decided to drop by Gabbys teachers (we'll call her Mrs *L) room. Since it was after school Jorgee being all in a 'Pink ladies state of mind' by-passed the office and sign-in sheet and went straight for Mrs L's classroom...

Upon entering the room Mrs L was helping a student, so Jorgee waited patiently, there was another student and parent figure in the room and apparently ahead of Jorgee, finally Mrs L acknowledged the others in the room, she asked Jorgee if she was with the other student/rent combo and Jorgee replied 'No, I'm Gabbys mom'...

Mrs L said 'OH'(yanno the deer caught in headlights 'OH' and Jorgee isn't proud she has this effect or is it affect on people) and just looked down, she didn't say anything else to Jorgee, she, Mrs L looked kind of pale actually, Jorgee considered asking her if she needed a glass of water. Then all of a sudden she told the other parent in the room she had to step out to make copies and she would be right back...

When Mrs L returned Jorgee waited and waited, then all of a sudden the door to the classroom opened and an official looking lady walked in with a walkie talkie and asked Jorgee if she needed to schedule a parent/teacher conference and Jorgee looked surprised and replied 'No, I just had a quick question' actually Jorgee was there to tell Mrs L Thank You for something that had happened earlier in the week, but she didn't want to give up that info to the official looking lady as it was between Mrs L and Jorgee and Mrs L had told Jorgee, feel free to call,email or visit anytime...

According to my very reliable source Jorgee was then escorted out of the room because she had neglected to sign-in first, the very official looking woman, official because she carried a walkie talkie that kept sqawking, said that Jorgee needed to sign-in, then she could go back to see Mrs L and Jorgee just apologized saying but don't you see my pink lady jacket she really had no idea she needed to sign in 'after' school.

Then it hit Jorgee, while Mrs L had made copies she called the place where the official people sit and had tattled on Jorgee, apparently Mrs L is a lil bit skeered of Jorgee and having never met her before only having very direct phone conversations, Mrs L had been caught off gaurd and if you will...PANIC'd(again Jorgee tells me she isn't proud of this and that she is working on coming across softer and more personable)

Having come to this deduction because Jorgee is a quick thinker, she felt bad that Mrs L was so scared of her and that she felt she needed to call upon the official looking people, then Jorgee decided to just call Mrs L when she returned home and not (apparently) torture Mrs L any longer.

Once home Jorgees phone rang and it was Mrs L and she was all very talk-a-tive now that several miles,walls and a telephone line seperated them both and Mrs L started apologizing and Jorgee stopped her(Jorgee isn't big on EXSCUSES)and said that she was only there to tell her thank you and that she really didn't need to call the official looking people on her, Jorgee assured her she hadn't been in a real fight since...well, NEVER and she, Mrs L had no reason to worry that Jorgee was there to beat her up because that's like so 7th grade.

Jorgee later told me, that she knows teachers have the hardest jobs, but this is the first year that she as a parent doesn't feel the support from the teachers in reagrds to Gabbys IEP, in fact only one teacher is following Gabbys accomodation plan. Jorgee says it is so fustrating as a parent because when she calls the teachers to visit and verify they tell her one thing and then do another and since Mrs L is gabbys file teacher Jorgee and Mrs L have had A LOT of phone conversations trying to get everyone on the same page...

Jorgee say's it's a fine line you walk as a parent, on one hand you are your childs biggest advocate and on the other are the teachers who in this day and age aren't use to parents taking an active roll in a childs education or even knowing what is going on in their lives...it's sad really...


My confession for today: It feels like fall here in Oklahoma and that makes me wanna go buy pumpkins and corn stalk and hay bales