How close is too close?
Hubby has been having some bad feelings lately about Moosecake. She’s 11 now and really doesn’t understand what appropriate and what’s not. We’ve had little chats here and there but she keeps us on her toes. Her 5th grade teacher is always calling her “his favorite student”. Great. I’m happy for her. and random crap…. He asked her to borrow/burn one of her cds. Fine. He took the kids’ out on a separate field trip for ice cream. Outside of school hours. Hmmmm….. Moosecake took photos of all the kids in her class messing around. He asked her to borrow her MEMORY CHIP. what the fuck? Maybe I’m overreacting a bit, but isn’t that a bit personal???? If the teacher wanted those photos, we can print them…. or better yet, he could bring his OWN f*ing camera!!! Well, Moosecake gave him her memory chip and when we found out about it, we were, well, pissed. She takes pics of her family, her brother, funny faces, our personal life, etc…. all of which I DO NOT find necessary to share with her teacher. Am I blowing this outta proportion? In the fotos, the teacher is hugging each one of the children without a smile on his face. Creepy!!! And then there are all the fotos of the other kids.
I feel that this pushes past the teacher/student boundary. Hubby went in this morning and had a little meeting with him and requested the memory chip. He also made it clear that this was not an appropriate request from a student and in future, if he needs anything, borrowed, copied or whatever, he needs to speak directly to us. period.
Appropriate? Overreaction?
Maybe. But when it’s your kids, is it ever enough?