I got yer "bathroom language" right here!

Originally posted on Nitro Vista

I got yer "bathroom language" RIGHT HERE....

I'm surprised it took this long. I almost made it to the end of the year.

Alas, I'm finally enraged at Isaac's school, and in full, hit-the-mattresses belligerent dad mode.

Isaac is an intensely smart, hyper-sensitive 6-year old. While he has no qualms about speaking his mind, he is generally socially gracious and appropriate. Ours is an open and honest relationship. If he does something wrong, he comes clean. He has neither the inclination, nor really even the capacity, to tell lies at this point in his life.

His teacher loves him, and has had nothing but effusive praise for his intelligence and social skills.

Now I'm not so blinded with love for my firstborn that I cannot admit that he can be a wildass screaming hellion on wheels at times. But he is by no means a disciplinary problem. It is usually quite simple to correct his behaviour with a positive suggestion. He gets this.

So imagine my surprise yesterday when he came home with an unsigned form letter in his backpack, informing us in the haughtiest possible tone that he was being disciplined for using "bathroom language" in the lunchroom; and would we please discuss this with him, provide a list of 5 "appropriate topics" for lunchroom conversation, and sign and return the form.