Isn't it great that, no matter how screwed up our government is, no one and
nothing can stop us from praying, and God still answers our prayers?

sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: My christopher


> Kathy, That is horrible. What good is our laws and court systems? It's
> really sad.
>
> I'm praying for you and Greg and for Chris and everyone in your family.
>
> God Bless you.
>
> Love,
> Pat Ferguson
>
>
>
> At 01:49 PM 12/8/2005, you wrote:
>>Hi Guys,
>>         Well, there isn't much to tell really, but I thought that I'd
>> pass
>>along the latest as a sad commentary on the educational and probation
>>systems for our youth of today.
>>         The school still regards us as Chris's legal guardians even
>> though
>>he has moved out and is now living on his own.  This means that they
>>continue to send us letters informing us of Chris's latest
>>antics.  Well, yesterday Chris served his third in house
>>suspension.  This means that he couldn't attend class, but he had to
>>sit in some holding room, under supervision I suppose, and do his
>>work.  They included, along with this notice, a copy of their
>>suspension policy and a copy of the notice that Chris signed,
>>admitting to the offence of being tardy for one class more than ten
>>times.  We're so proud.  He signed it Mickey mouse."  It states in
>>their policy that after the second suspension the parents are
>>supposed to be called in for a conference.  We were never called for
>>anything so Greg called to talk to the principal to find out if a
>>meeting were being planned or something and the principal said
>>basicly, "oh no!  Chris is one of the better kids.  We don't bother
>>with that sort of thing unless the student is causing real trouble!"
>>           We also called the probation officer to tell her about the
>> latest
>>and to ask her if she wanted us to continue to keep her
>>informed.  She thanked us for the information and said that she would
>>like to continue to be informed, but she also said that she probably
>>wouldn't bother to do anything with the information.  She also
>>reminded us that, as of January 11, she's done with him.  What is the
>>point of setting up  expectations in a probation if they mean
>>nothing?  Since chris hasn't killed anybody, I guess that he'll just
>>be allowed to go off into the sunset; continuing to do his stupid,
>>disrespectful stuff until it bites him, if it bites him in this crazy
>>society at all.
>>          This is why most kids today don't take the rule of law
>>seriously.  Neither the school, nor the courts really mean what they
>>say  and the kids know it.
>>Kathy
>
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