CVHS

As I’m sure some of you have heard, or read, Matt gave a site to Mom called greatschools.net or something like that and asked her to check out Camp Verde. I was curious to see what people had to say as well, and I’d have to say that this comment was my favorite one out of them all:

Run away fast, very, very fast. Administration is incompetent, guidance non-existent and instuction vague and imcomplete. Teachers don’t respond to telephone/e-mail requests. My child entered as an A student and left failing/behind grade level. There is no support system for kids with ADD or 504 plans. Just look at the web site! There are errors in spelling & grammar everywhere, assuming you can find links that work. Administration lied to me about state mandated accomodations concerning my child. Drug use is rampant in the school and with the kids in the area. Sports program is more important than anything else. No SAT prep offered (guidance didn’t even know when/where the test was being administered. CVHS is a den of iniquity staffed by incompetents hoping for parents too busy to notice that it borders on the criminal. Run away! Run away very, very fast.

Needless to say, this person gave the school one star out of a possible five. I’m still laughing about the “den of iniquity” line….

Traveling bug

So I guess the bug that Jere’s family had a month ago made its delayed way to the Southeast. Elsie started throwing up on the way from Justin’s house to Andrea’s parents house (that was Friday), and she continued to be sick all day Saturday. She got better on Sunday, but she passed it onto Andrea, who was sick all day Sunday. Andrea’s better today, but now her mom, two sisters, and her brother and his little girl are all sick.

So I’m keeping my fingers crossed and painting sheep blood on my forehead and cheeks, and hoping I don’t get it. You might all want to do the same; there’s no telling where it might strike next.

Two front teeth

Remember that record from when we were all growing up where the “hit” song was, “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”? It was Mom’s or Dad’s. The cover of it was a good bokeh shot of a little blond kid with a bowl haircut smiling with no front teeth (and perhaps a red sweater?) standing in front of a Christmas tree. I always thought that was a silly song for whatever reason. I mean, who loses their two front teeth right around Christmas? And why would you want them for Christmas.?

two front teeth

Well I thought about the song the other day as Ashlee was trying to eat some pizza. Now Ashlee’s four food groups are pizza, apple juice, corn dogs, and frosted flakes, with some milk thrown in there every once in a while. She didn’t finish her pizza. /GASP /SHUDDER (Oh the horrer!) When I asked her why she said it was getting too hard to take a bite because she had to do it with the side of her mouth. Poor girl. Now I understand the song much better. And I feel for the poor kids who can’t finish their pizza because of this. I’d want my two front teeth for Christmas as well if they were hampering my pizza ingestion in any way!

Blogs

Blog is such a weird word. Just look at it. Now say it. BLOG. Man thats weird. Well, despite how weird it may be, I started one. I’m not as good as Becky, and not nearly as good as Laurie. Here is the link to it. In the future, you can just get to in by clicking on my name on the side. Speaking of which, hey Jere, do you think you can change the link on the side so that it goes to my page? Thanks. Enjoy!