Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thomas,
I write this letter in concern of your
daughter, Aradia Moon. Please don't take
this the wrong way, however, although
she is a straight A student and a very
bright child, she has some strange
habits that I feel we should
address.
Every morning before class, she insists
on walking around the classroom with her
pencil held in the air. She says she is
"drawing down the moon." I told her Art
Class is in an hour and to please
refrain from drawing until then.
And speaking of Art Class, whenever she
draws a night sky, she insists on
drawing little circles around all the
stars and people dancing on the ground.
And that brings up dancing, I had to
stop her twice for taking off her
clothes during a game of Ring Around the
Rosey! By the way, what does the term
"skyclad" mean?
Aradia has no problem with making
friends. I always find her sitting
outside during recess with her friends
sitting around her in a circle. She
likes to share her juice and cookies. It
is nice how she wants no one to ever
thirst or hunger. However, when I walked
over to see what they were doing, she
jumped up and told me to stop, pulled
out a little plastic knife and started
waving it in front of me. I thought this
was a bit dangerous, so I took her to
the Principal's Office. She explained to
the Principal that she was "opening the
Circle" to let me in. She also said that
her Mommy and Daddy always told her not
to play or run with an "athame" in her
hand, that she could put someone's eye
out. I don't know what an "athame" is,
but I am glad that she keeps it at
home.
As for stories, your daughter tends to
make up some whoppers. Just yesterday
while I was talking sternly to Tommy
Johnson and shaking my finger at him, he
started screaming and ran from the room.
When I finally caught him, he told me
that Aradia told him and the rest of the
class that the last time I shook my
finger at someone, they caught the
chicken pox. I explained to him that the
Sally Jones incident was just a
coincidence, and that things like that
don't really happen.
One of the strangest things that
happened was when I asked the children
to bring in Halloween decorations for
the classroom. Aradia brought in
salt,incense and her family album. I see
she has quite a sense of humor.
One of Aradia's worst habits is that she
is very argumentative. We were
discussing what the Golden Rule was (Do
Unto others as you would have them Do
Unto You), she firmly disagreed with me
and stated it was "Do As you Will, but
Harm None" and she will not stop saying
"So Mote It Be" after she reads aloud in
class. I try correct her on these
matters and she got very angry. She
pointed her finger at me and mumbled
something under her breath.
In closing, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, I would
like to set up a parent/teacher
conference with you sometime next week
to discuss these matters. I would like
to see you sooner, but I have developed
an irritating rash that I am quite
worried about.
With Deep Concerns, Mrs. Livingston
P.S. Blessed Be. I understand that this
is a greeting or closing from your
country that your daughter informs me is
polite and correct.
