no child left behind

so. on my june visit home to georgia, m and c were amidst the end of cheerleading camp. they both are high school varsity cheerleading coaches. down south, cheerleading is a big deal-you know, like the kind of cheerleading you see on ESPN? the kids that are involved pretty much live and breathe it. they take tumbling classes and often cheer on separate teams outside of school-if they are 'good' enough. what amazed me was the drama that these parents get involved in. its like something straight out of 'the realhousewives of whatever'...... they dont make their kids take responsibility for their actions any longer, instead, its the constant defending and catering to whatever needs they have. if they do something wrong-and i dont mean something trivial-i mean like something that could get them kicked off the squad; they point fingers at everyone else and make excuses for their kids. its constant disrespecting the coaches. i was absolutely appalled at some of the things i heard during the week i was there thru m and c. i would have never put up with the crap they do-from both parents and kids. when i played soccer in high school, the rules were clear. there was a 'no tolerance' policy. which meant if we were caught drinking or smoking-we were kicked off the team-no questions asked. not only that; i can speak for 99% of the players on my teams parents in that if we would have been caught-our asses would have been grounded for a LONG time, and we would have definately paid the consequences for the actions. again, no questions asked. and it was like this not just for soccer, but for all our sports. that is not the case anymore. m said it best--'no child left behind'. what are we teaching our children?? that they dont need to take responsibility for their actions? that its okay to make a commitment to your team and when you let them down, mommy and daddy will pick up your slack and make it better? or that it doesnt matter? its ridiculous. i was disgusted listening to the moms of some of these girls bad mouth some of the daughters of other moms--these moms, who are supposed to be role models to their own daughters, spewing out all this ugliness. and the disrespect that they give m and c--who bust their butts off all year round for these kids. the time that these two girls put into their coaching, is unbelievable. espcecially during season. they teach/work all day, and then coach every day after school for at least 2-3 hrs. and then every weekend they have games and competitions. in the summer, they have camp all summer. it never ends for them. i dont know what made me think of this today, but i hope that if you are raising young ones that you will not be one of these parents....agh.

moving along. i have a headache. and i am feeling a tad overwhelmed. do you ever get like that? overstimulated? and i have a sore throat. im not sure if im getting a summer cold? i hope not, but im hoping my headache doesnt turn into a migraine....is it bad that im kinda ready for school to start? jaelynn and emersyn have been at each others throats the last few days, so i thought wed get out of the house and go to heckrodt today, which is a nature center/trail today. right. they whined the WHOLE time. i was ready to throw them in the turtle swamp. (not really....but seriously) i mean, i kinda wanted to pull my hair out. my sister maddie was with us b/c i babysit her, and she was freaking out about spiders, jaelynn was freaking out about not stepping on the spiders bc she didnt want to kill them and emersyn didnt want the spiders to crawl on them. and it must have been daddy long leg day, bc they were EVERYWHERE. so we were headed no where fast. finally i told them if anyone said one more word about spiders i was going to put them in their hair. well-it worked. and got them moving. we saw a beaver. cute little guy. and then i took them to the pool this afternoon. but it wasnt all that warm out, but its supposed to rain the rest of the week, so i knew today may be the only day possible the rest of the week....

*sigh* and now im going to cuddle up with the gold coast....im behind on my one-days, but check out my nephew adler, from family night at the packer game. he is a ham.