Detention!

Well, I just had another first in the world of having a teenage son. My oldest son came home from school yesterday, and obviously had something important to tell me. The reason I know that is he was stuttering, getting a little flushed and not looking me in the eye. As I understand, he was sitting in study hall doing his math homework while all of the other kids were talking and being loud. While he was deep in concentration, the teacher apparently said that the next person that talks is going to get an after school detention. I guess he didn't hear that important bit of information, and happened to turn to one of his best buddies and whisper something. The next thing he knows, the teacher is yelling at him and says he has detention. The real problem lies in the fact that he will not be able to take the bus home the following day, because detention goes until 3:30 p.m. and someone will have to pick him up from school. (I'm still trying to figure out if he would have told me this information if it didn't involve me picking him up from school.)

For the sake of it, we had a little discussion about listening to the teacher, and obeying even if we may not agree with every decision teachers make.

If you know my oldest son, from the time he learned how to talk, we have never been able to get him to be quiet. It has been the running joke in our family about when he gets to school how much trouble he'll get in for talking. All through elementary school, the teachers comments are about what a nice, good student this boy is, but he talks too much! So, it comes at no surprise at all that if he were to get a detention for anything, it would be TALKING!

SIDE NOTE: I'm beginning to feel a little bad, because this is the second time in my blog that I've had something negative to say about this child. Really, he is a very good kid! That's probably why I can make light of it here.