I am exhausted and have piles of laundry. Thankfully, since it is Columbus Day I got to be off today to catch up on my
I am sitting there watching the practice and I see that they have a new assistant coach. She is a cute, little early twenties former competitive cheerleader and I quickly notice that Evil hangs on her every word. Evil is 5 which makes her the youngest member of her team.
During one of the water breaks Evil goes back on the floor and hugs this new teacher. The teacher tells her no squeezing and turns to another teacher who happens to be standing in front of me and she says rolling her eyes, "That kids annoys me."
Obviously, because I am never at practice this teacher does not realize I am Evil's mom. I am so furious right now. My first instinct was to walk out on that floor and jerk Evil out of there while giving that teacher a piece of my mind.
But, I do nothing which pisses me off more.
Evil loves this cheer thing but I feel this needs to be addressed. I hate to make a stink because even though I have tried to fit in and be a team player it is just not happening.
What would you do?
Still, the bitch needs to know the effect she has on kids...especially a 5 year old.
ReplyDeleteThat woman has NO BUSINESS coaching children. None. I would love to tell you that I would go all "mama grizzly" on the woman. But I'm way too non-confrontational AND I wouldn't want my child to bear the brunt of my throw-down with the coach.
ReplyDeleteAll the same, it is perfectly reasonable to speak to her (or her supervisor) privately about the incident. No coach or teacher can be expected to truly like ALL of their students. But if they do dislike one, they should keep it to themselves. It's part of the job. Taking a chance that a five-year old heard her is completely unprofessional. And speaking negatively to another adult about the child is beyond unprofessional.
Sounds like a mean-girl who never grew up.
DId Evil hear her? Because if she did I'd give her a piece of my mind....you don't tell little kids what....seriously, what a cunt
ReplyDeleteI would go to the head coach or the coordinator of the organization and let her know what you overheard. I would be all like
ReplyDelete"I know she (the coach) is young and maybe she isn't used to working with children this age, but as you know the young ones are so impressionable and cheer is such a positive part of Evil's life right now and I don't want it to be ruined because of one coach who doesn't know how to handle the little ones. I don't want to make this a big deal, but it's important to me and to Evil that cheering is positive experience for her. And obviously I know that this is not acceptable for a coach in your organizaiton.
Sometimes instead of coming at the head coach or organization coordiantor all guns a blazing you approach it in more of a I know this would be unacceptable for you because you run a great organization it works better.
Good Luck! I hope that young coach gets the kick in the head she needs!
If that silly little girl understood that all the baby needs is a hug and a smile, ONCE, she'd be in her element and would move on to other things, and the silly little girl could carry on being a silly little girl, thinking she's clever and All That! Baby's have a small attention span, so that little bit of attention is enough. I'm with Heather! Speak to the authority.
ReplyDeleteHeather had great advice. Way better than my reaction which would involve my head spinning around exorcist-style and the clawing out of some eyeballs.
ReplyDeleteOh...Oh...NO...that is completely unacceptable. THere is no way in hell I would stand for that. Even if it wasn't my child. No coach should ever talk about a child like that to anyone.
ReplyDeleteSpeak up. This is not acceptable!
Wow. I just had to take 3 deep breaths. You need to tell this teacher what you heard. And that it broke your heart and it is NOT acceptable to talk about a student that way. Then walk away and call her an asshole under your breath. BIG HUGS.
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