pissed is the name...uhm, also the game or somethin?

(dinner kabobs...all grown locally. however, after the grilling process, they became charcoal--grown locally as well i spose...)

ok. warning. i'm pissy about this...so my pissiness *may* come across in this post. i know, i know...i'd never do anything like that, but this one time it may just happen.

so, let's pretend that your child has a teacher, an art teacher at that. she has a small stud in her lip, a bit larger gauge in her ear (less than the size of a basic straw) and a few mismatched, but always urban-chic, outfits.

if your child asked about her different look would you:

a) challenge their perception of normal? kid, 'she looks different.' mom, 'maybe you look different?'

b) say, 'everyone's different and everyone's their own person!'

c) freak out. email her boss and say how she doesn't deserve her job because of the way she looks and that having her teach children is a mistake.

hmmm...as a parent, who's hoping to eventually end up with a well-rounded, confident adult child, i'm pretty sure the example set in option c wouldn't get me there, or her where she needs to be for that matter. what parent says, and endorses, that if someone looks/acts differently, they're not good enough? that they need to look like everyone else to be accepted? how could you be okay knowing that you're endorsing exactly what some terrible man tried to accomplish just over half a century ago with his love of blond-haired, blue-eyed humans? maybe that's too far...like i said, i'm pissy, but seriously, how stupid is that?

*sigh*

i'm incredibly bugged by this. it's so stupid. there's just no tolerance on my end for close mindedness. we've been through so much as a society, as a culture, as a race...isn't it time to help the next generation grow past our history? what, about the way we've treated humans throughout history, would make a parent believe it's a good idea to keep that part of our past alive?

*sigh*