I had to spend my morning trying not to watch the news knowing because of the time difference, it would be many hours before I could call my loved ones back home (in NJ & NY). To help pass the time, I took my son to the movies and started making calls on the walk home. I spoke to my parents, sister and a few friends getting confirmation of my family's safety and most of my friends. I still can't reach my best friend who lives in Staten Island, NY. I've been trying to call her once and hour every hour for the last five hours, but still haven't reached her. Every hour that goes by makes me more and more anxious and I am beside myself with worry. I spoke to her yesterday. She was supposed to be evacuated, but chose to stay. I tried to talk her into going, but couldn't change her mind. I made her promise she'd call first thing in the morning, but it didn't happen. Large portions of Staten Island have been devastated by the hurricane and I can't say how helpless I feel not being able to reach her. All I can do is sit and wait.
The other mother and I went into the school to meet with the teacher and the assistant head. We both let them know how upset we were that we were not informed that our children were sent to the office and how much we were against the children being allowed to play fighting games on the playground. I told them I wouldn't allow it at home and I'm really unhappy that it's being allowed at school. They admitted it was a problem and explained that they are planning to introduce a a scheme to teach the children to play in a safe way. They will be calling it 'Super Hero Training'. They plan to give out capes & masks out to children who behave well as rewards at playtime. They will have assemblies where they will teach the children to play fighting games without making contact. I find this to be absurd. The problem has gone on to long and I doubt they will be able to teach little children to change their games when they have sixty other childr...
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