And the battle has begun even before we have made an announcement to
the parent community and sad to say, we are battling the same sanctimonious parent and her recently assembled posse. The battlefield has increased in size
and numbers. But I feel like a winner already. Here is chapter n in the continuing
saga.
The sanctimonious parent (who
shall be referred to as Ms. Antimony from now as an inside joke) has already
rallied for her own children's graduating class and procured an insane amount
of money to throw a party for a bunch of kids who haven't yet learnt the
difference between "Can I?" and "May I?" Somehow, parents in the School Council voted
for granting the monies to the ever demanding Ms. Antimony perhaps because they
felt the end is near and wanted to let her go quietly into that night and
disappear forever?! Who knows what prompted them to vote that way; but they
did. So, Ms. Antimony got a huge amount of money granted to her because really,
it is her party!
So, Ms. Antimony sat on this
money for almost 7 months and suddenly decided that it is not enough and she
needs to do some fundraising with her spawn and her posse's spawn just as G and
I are about to launch our own Fun Fair campaign. The Fun Fair is 6 weeks from
now and every Friday leading up to the Fun Fair, Ms. Antimony will be selling
freezies for $2 each to further fund a party for a bunch of kids!
Yesterday was the first Friday. G and I decided to be better people and
NOT give out FREE freezies on Fridays as part of the Fun Fair campaign. We
could totally be that petty, but kids are involved and we have always strived
to be good role models for our own kids. So we decided to walk away from it
all.
And yesterday, when I went
for pickup, I couldn't find Hans for a while and then found him literally in
the lineup for the $2 freezies. I called out his name and he came over with a
big smile looking for a toonie. I declined firmly. Hans does not give up after just one try. So, he assured me that he
had $2.25 in his room and he would gladly give me a toonie when we got home. I
declined even more firmly this time around. Hans
wanted to know why?! I am the same mom who buys popsicles for everyone on the playground; so, why not a freezie?!
I was just waiting for that
question.
I explained to the boy that I
do not agree in principle to the $2 freezie fundraising. If the monies raised
were going to a charity like SickKids or the Food Bank, I would gladly buy
freezies for not only him, but for others as well. However, the monies are
going to a party that has already been extravagantly funded and is still
looking to loot parents on the playground. That
I cannot support!
The boy understood and did
not ask for a freezie a third time. I told him that we could go to Metro and pick up a box of popsicles of
his choice.
And that is exactly what we
did! The boy got a lesson in Economics. He made the right choice. And I won the
most important battle!
So, would I buy a freezie in the next 5 weeks?! Maybe if Hell freezes
over and even if it actually does, then I definitely would not need a freezie
at that point in time!!
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