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March 02, 2009 |
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Good News in Newark
FOUND by Sue B.
in Newark, NJ
Found in a puddle outside my workplace near a day-care center. Glad to know some "Good News" is going down in the city!
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
what's on the other side of the post card?
Dear Mom + Dad
I'm obligated by the caca notions of our new principal to make up b.s., I mean report to you "Good News" about your daughter J'mama today. She was a great listener in Circle this morning. She sat in a catatonic state and didn't say a word! She continued to ignore me and the other children with a blank stare during our otherly-abled holiday celebration. What a good listener you have!
Ms. P.
think yes, by all means, you should continue giving her the morning meds. I disagree with your pediatrician's assessment that the dosage may be too high. In fact, I think Jamaiya's demeanor and behavior
Dear Mom and Dad,
Little Jamaiya got out while she could. She smoked weed every day, but needs to get back to work now.
Ms. P (as in Puff ... the magic dragon)
Wow! It's almost a contemporary find! Fourteen months is almost like yesterday at FoundMag!!
*faint*
Jamaiya was a very good listener during our morning drum circle.
Just to let you know, Mrs. P. is getting out of here while she can. They never told me I had to do any of this crazy stuff in my credential program.
The other side of this post card is a picture of Mrs. P, looking a bit crazy in the eyes.
You only hear good news once a week and all you get is your daughter is a good listener?
What kind of news do you get on Bad News Tuesday? "Dear Mom & Dad, When told her name is simply Jamaica with a y instead of a c, your daughter flew into a rage and tried to kill everyone in morning circle."
P.S. Since Jamaiya will be graduating from high school this coming Spring, perhaps you should be thinking about what's in store for her next. College? The military? Work?
Whatever it is, I'd suggest something where her supervisors are not forced to write you notes once a week. Remember the Kwanzaa principle of Kujichagulia (Self-Determination). This girl needs to start determining her own course through life. So do you.
Anyone else automatically wave their mouse-pointer thingy over the postcard to see the other side, ala Post Secret? It doesn't work...
What a relief to get a card like this from a pre-school, instead of a "disciplinary report". As the mother of a 4 year old boy, I LOVE getting notes like this from his teacher, even if she had to struggle to come up with something good. At least it's not something bad.
yeah, magnify doesn't work to see the other side, either.
I lived in New Jersey for most of my life. Even contrived, worthless good news is uplifting. Really, its just a wordier way of saying "NOTHING BAD HAPPENED" which is a real blessing to hear.
Jamaiya got off to a bad start in day care. She liked to knock over Jimmy's blocks, and poor Jimmy was already troubled enough what with his young mother's unsuccessful butthole bleaching (not to mention she always forgot to pick him up). Ms. P was at her wit's end, so she started writing personal postcards to Jamaiya's parents about her day care troubles. Jamaiya's father, a stern man known to beat his children with a belt, must have straightened it out because Jamaiya was very quiet. It was later discovered that he had in fact damaged her vocal chords with the belt.
Damn, Muse. That's pretty dark.
I'm sorry. That IS pretty dark, isn't it?... I feel bad now. Look how they have poisoned my mind.
Muse: it is dark, but very interesting. Coincidently, that's how I like my beer.
Overheard conversation between my (4-year-old) son and (9-year-old) daughter:
Daughter: So, who are you going to invite to your birthday party?
Son: Ben, Sam, Joe, May and Amy. But not Dan, he's not a good listener. And not Bob, he's not a good cleaner-upper. And not Sue, because she's too huggy.
Apparently, being a good listener is a good trait to have in preschool. Your social status could hang on it, in fact.
hahah that needs to be up on the fridge not in a puddle!
a) This person has bangin' handwriting.
b) Ironically, my godmother is named Ms. "P." Fortunately, she's no low-income baby caretaker.
brain problem::: you have just opened my world to new possibilities! Waving the mouse over the postcard brings the back side image? what? no way I did not know this before- where have I been? (well, I've been in a shoe, but dang)
I just went to post and sure enough, two of them did it. I wonder how many I missed over the years? interesting...
re: this find. blah. false notes of niceness. just like the kids who do crap work and get nice notes about it, so as not to hurt their feelings. and frankly, with a name like Jamaiya, I doubt her parents give a crap about it, either. They are likely busy trying to find their own Ms. P (P as in Puff, as mentioned above)
think yes, by all means, you should continue giving her the morning meds. I disagree with your pediatrician's assessment that the dosage may be too high. In fact, I think Jamaiya's demean......
Oh. Wait a minute.
Never mind.
think yes, by all means, you should continue giving her the morning meds. I disagree with your pediatrician's assessment that the dos...
think yes, by all means
ver mind.
I had to send a Bad News email to a parent today regarding her 2nd grade daughter's fit of rage at being asked to scoot over a bit during Circle Time, to make room for others. Then she threw a button at a boy, then ran from the room. Had to call the principal. It was definitely a Bad News Monday for Melinda.
Wow. Way to stereotype! Good job, found magazine readers; you've been aptly indoctrinated into mainstream, racist society!
Just think yes.
Oh fuck this shit...
Joday is "Good News Wednesday" come on and meet myyy leeettle friend...Lucy I'm home!
These stupid cards are in a stack the teacher - per the principal's order - requires the staff to sit down and bang out assembly line style in the teachers room where they are all hung over and pissed that they can't smoke on the premises anymore... Jeymimaca finally sat still and stopped yammering in class - so she send a note home to reinforce the fact that we like her to keep the terror's little cake hole shut... Signed Mrs. P... because I'm too lazy to write my miserably ethnically long now hyphenated by marriage name...
@Teacher, I find the image of a kid throwing a button really funny. Did she rip it off her dress or something?
@bunny: I didn't see any references to race in the postcard or the comments- except yours.
Kwanzaa is a traditionally African American celebration. But it would be ignorant to think Jamaiya is AA based on that comment. Especially considering the fact that my children have participated in Kwanzaa celebrations at both of their schools in Atlanta. And we are not African American.
Also, I Google'd "Jamaiya" and know that it is ranked #295,712 in popularity in the US- but found no racial indicators for the name.
So I'm wondering what race you think is referenced in this find. Asian? Pacific Islander? Native American? Apparently I'm not as aptly indoctrinated into mainstream, racist society as you are.
Kwanzaa is a bullshit holiday. Dear African Americans, please stick with "Black Santa": He doesn't just bring presents; he brings the soul, baby.