This morning when I dropped my son off at preschool the kids were all dressed up in their Hallowe'en costumes - they were cute as little buttons. There were princesses, a ninja warrior and my little Batman looking so darling in his cape. But when I looked at his teacher she was wearing a t-shirt that read "President Kerry? Now that's scary!"
It's like being in the Dawn of the Dead movie where you never know where a zombie is going to turn up. I would have thought that a preschool classroom would be an inappropriate place to campaign. Granted, the kids can't read - but they'll ask what her t-shirt says, 4 year olds ask lots of questions and I'm now nervous about what her answers will be and I'm really upset because I would like to pull my son out.
Mostly, I'm just a big ball of rage at the moment.
My son loves his preschool. He's made friends and wants to go and play and learn. It's a huge change in him and he's so happy that I now hate this woman for putting me in the position where I want to pull him out. I mean, I understand that this is Texas and I understand that the majority around here feel the way the teacher does but it makes me furious to think that she's wearing that to teach. She can stroll around her house in that t-shirt or grocery shop or go Trick or Treating in the damned thing but don't wear in class. As it is a private preschool I have no idea what kind of dress code regulations they may have. I just guessed that good sense would win out over political fashion.
I'm in a crazy postion being an immigrant, not being able to vote and not wanting to make waves because I'm an outsider but my head may very well explode over this one.
Thanks for being there - I'm going to walk around the block and spit on Bush/Cheney signs to try and get some of this anger out.
Update [2004-10-28 16:19:32 by confusedintexas]: I took the day to think about it - read your comments and decided that I did need to speak to the director of the preschool about it. I had calmed down by the end of the day so I calmly told the director that I didn't know what the dress code was for the school but that I felt that political gear of any kind was inappropriate at a preschool. She agreed (could have been one of those agreeing so I don't rip her a new one thing that administrators do but that's okay) and said that she thought that the teacher had worn it as a joke instead of a costume. I said that a costume would have been a better choice. She agreed again and said she would speak to the teacher.
I feel okay about it now - mostly because enough time has passed for me to calm down. I really appreciate all of your advice and comments.
Thank you,