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My father has worked in Kuwait since I was in the eighth grade and my mother joined him my freshman year in college. I was suppose to graduate this month, but I graduated early. Just to give you an idea of how long they have been gone...Dad (9 years) Mom (4 years).
They still are overseas. So I know what it can be like to wait days and weeks to SPEAK to someone, who others SEE on a day to day basis.
I do not think that he should have been disrespectful, but for every action there is a reaction. All through middle and high school, I have seen teachers do something out of line and then make it seem like it was all the kids doing. Yes I understand the school has rule, but sending a txt message to your friend during a test is a h*** of a lot different than answering your mother's international call. How much do you want to bet that the teacher would have handled both situations the same way. There is something called compassion and they are definitely lacking in this department. Especially considering they have many military children.
He received a call from his mom and wanted to talk to her and here comes some teacher on a "do as I say" tip come and take the phone away from him. This resulted in the phone hanging up. Then to top it off as a form of punishment he couldn't answer the phone when she called again. Which to me is ridiculous! When a child does something wrong the parent is the first contacted, so if they KNEW it was her why didn't they answer the phone and explain the situation to her. No instead they opted to be a**holes and let him hear the phone ring and basically say" See this is what happens when you answer your mother's calls in school, we hang up on her, and won't let you answer when she calls back"
I received calls from my mother and father while I was in class, and no matter what I was doing I was answering that phone. You won't believe how many calls I've gotten from my mom to let me know that she is okay because the Iraqis just threw a bomb at them in Kuwait, but they were safe or one of the missles was not caught in time and blew the mall down the street up, but they are okay. WTF DO YOU MEAN DO NOT ANSWER YOUR PHONE FOR A PARENT THAT IS OVERSEAS!!! Kuwait is a whole lot safer than Iraq and he needs to know that his mother is doing alright. Everyday on the news you here about some soldiers getting attacked in Iraq.If any of my teachers would have had anything to say about it, they'd better map out their approach. You get what you give.
As far as this being a reflection of how he may handle the situation as an adult at work answering the phone. This situation is less likely to happen because the workplace understands that family is important. My parents call me at work and I don't have a problem telling my boss if he comes during a phone call that I am in the middle of conversation with my mom. Even if he didn't know where she was, he does not know the nature of the call and it is none of his business.
Compassion is the keyword here, but if you have had never been involuntary seperated from your parents months on end with barely any communication, I DON'T expect you to understand.
I applaud him because he handled it a lot better than I would. If that had been my mom on the other end of that phone and some teacher hung up. The powers that be would have gotten more than a few dirty words thrown their way, more like some right and left hooks. You don't play with folks when it comes to their kids or parents. Bottom d*** line.
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