Way to go,Kaitlyn! I hope the meeting with the parents goes well. I also hope some people are as disgusted by that parent detective as they should be.
Good luck
I laughed.
I cried!
I cheered for your " I’m Korean." Line. Excellent!
But what I want to know is could you beat Jackie Chan in a fight?
Hey! That’s what I was going to ask! After all, I think that’s the real issue here.
Anyway, I’m very happy for you, Kaitlyn and hope things go well for you at the parents’ meeting. I think we’ll all be sending you good vibes. If only parents could be as open-minded as children … well, we’ll keep our fingers crossed.
Loved the part about the teacher’s meeting. That was awesome!
Last night I was having feelings of anxiety that I couldn’t quite place. Nothing was out of place in my life, so I was trying to figure out where they came from. It finally dawned on me what it was: I was worried about you, Kaitlyn, and how that meeting would go.
You are seriously awesome. I love the way you handled both the children and the teachers, and I absolutely adore your principal. What a terrific man!
That went so well! I’m happy you have Mr. P as a boss. He sounds wonderful. I also agree, you’re funny. I was trying not to crack up at work.
Can I snag Mr. P as a boss at some point? Please?
happy dance
What a great school you have, and “rah!” for Mr. P! Makes me shudder when I think of what I went through back in the mid-70s, before anyone could sue anyone for anything. And we rode to school on dinosaurs.
[Tell 'em you used to be Chinese, but you had an operation, and now you’re Korean.]
Weren’t you paying attention? She has a gun in her purse.
The best teachers are those who can teach and demonstrate how to live life after school. I think you qualify, Miss Kaitlyn. Kudos to your principal as well. Keep us posted on how things go with the greater public.
Now I’m curious, Eve. Have you written anywhere here about your own experiences? (you’re a bit too prolific for the search to yield much)
I’d rather not, really, unless anyone has specific questions about the Paleolithic period. It all happened more than half my life ago, and the only time I think about it is when the subject comes up here on the Boards.
Mrs. Kaitlyn just so you know, that if I were in that meeting with all the teachers and you dropped that perfect, just so perfect line of " I’m Korean" , I would have doubled over in laughter until tears came down my face. Cause that is what I did in the privacy of my home. In public, I am much worse. I snort. :o
Two hour delay again today, so I’ve got time to post a brief update before school begins.
I’ll get to everybody’s questions eventually, don’t think I’m ignoring you.
Shame on you people. I make a reference to baby smuggling in the same sentence, and all you’re interested in is whether I could beat Jackie Chan in a fight. Have you no sense of priorities?
And the answer is yes, I could beat Jackie Chan in a fight.
I missed this thread until just now.
Kaitlyn, you’re funny, gracious and unbelievably strong. Fair play to you!*
I hope your second day and the meeting with the parents goes well, I’m thinking of you. I’m glad you have fun teaching kids, because it sounds like you’re fantastic at it!
*It’s an Irish thing. It means well done, good for you, congratulations, all the best. That kind of stuff.
Sorry, but you’re not. If your DNA still comes back XY, you’re male, regardless of how much surgery you have performed.
Sorry, but you’re flat-out wrong. Which is all I can say, this not being the Pit.
Now why on EARTH would you find it necessary to post that here?
Get out of here, Clothahump.
Geez.
Awesome! Though I will say I suspected as much. You’re funnier than he is, too.
Obviously, we’re just a bunch of third graders ourselves. 
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Okay, Clothahump: Snide and nasty comments belong in the Pit. If you feel you must rain on someone’s parade, do it there.
Consider this an official warning. Future infractions may result in suspension or banning.
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