Hair

Oh say can you see
My eyes if you can
Then my hair's too short

Yesterday the school sent me an email that Nathan "was told twice to put away his scissors, but instead used them for an inappropriate purpose."



I wondered for hours what that "inappropriate purpose" was. He threw safety scissors on the floor one time, and all hell broke out at school. You would have thought be brandished a machete and tried to slice and dice his classmates, from the way the teacher reacted. (He only threw them at the floor, not at a person, and they were child safety scissors, for pete's sake). I knew it couldn't have been something like that, or I would have gotten a phone call to come get him.

When I arrived home, it all quickly became clear. Nathan got tired of his hair dropping into his eyes, so he picked up a scissors and began snipping. He cut it quite short in the front.

While he would get no awards for artistry on that move, it wasn't horrible either. He just needs a pro to even it all back out for him. No biggie. But I still have to shake my head at how they informed me of it. "Used them for an inappropriate purpose." It just sounds so weird. They couldn't just spit it out and say he cut his hair? And I had to wonder where the full-time, one-on-one para was when this went on, but I'll assume it happened too quickly for her to be able to prevent it. I don't want to dwell on it. I have enough heartburn.

I can't say that I agree with them though. While I am not thrilled that he cut his own hair, I'm not going to flip out over it either. It coulda been worse. But it seems to me, that if his hair was bugging him, and hanging in his eyes, he did use the scissors quite appropriately, LOL! Not that I would encourage that, but I wouldn't refer to it as an "inappropriate" usage, either. Instead of getting all upset about it, I just explained how difficult it is to do a good job when you cut your own hair, that it can get all uneven, and I suggested that the next time his hair gets in the way, he should let us know and we'll take him to the barber. Big deal.

It was kind of ironic though. A year ago he was throwing scissors. Now they're frowning because he's trimming annoying locks with them.



Still sounds like an improvement to me.