Mom's Prank to Her 6th Grader

Mom sends Principal's letter to her 6th grader advising that 7th grade is closed due to budget cuts.

It is quite possible that my sense of humor is slightly warped.  It is further possible that my son will require therapy when he is older.  In the mean time, however, we laugh a lot at our house. 

Following is a "joke" letter I created, and had delivered to my son  on the day of his 6th grade graduation... right as he was being promoted to middle school. 

Author's Note

This had the entire 6th grade boy squad in an uproar right after their 6th grade promotion to middle school. Personally, I think my parent card should be revoked.

Reviews

[Heather]

Oh Shelley this is perfection.. I loved it, still laughing!!

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

I still crack up when I remember watching those boys do the swear word dance. OMG IT WAS HYSTERICAL!!

[Baby Ricochet]

HA! TO funny

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Thanks Baby. You da best baby ever.

[Steven Cash]

AHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


lol this was pretty funny

what would've been better would be a letter saying they would go to 'No-Girls-Alowed' Middle Schools

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

They didn't care yet. Girls didn't matter until they actually got to the school and saw what they were wearing... (shameless plug for my story about the tween fashion industry)

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAutho..]

Thank goodness for computer assisted magnification! I have to believe that your non-evil twin exists somewhere out there in the vast expanses of the universe. Do you suppose that if you two ever came within speaking distance that you would annihilate each other with some form of humor + anti-humor? Just saying... I speculate that I would have been a very different person with my feet under your table as a child.

Your middle name is Moxy, right? ;-)

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Well my now thirteen year old calls me something else entirely... Just out of my hearing range (as IF,). Hey the kid can give equally as well as he gets so I am not too concerned about his emotional welfare. He is a chip off the old $&:/@ for sure.

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

Heh! I see, nature provides when nurture is gnarly.

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Ha! Love your humor UFO (Can I call you UFO? or is that too formal?)

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

Heh! OK, well, call me anything you want: fido, sam, fritz... anything except barney. Please don't call me barney. If you prefer informal then how about "Ufi", short for "Ufi Auttorii" ...or something like that - that sort of sounds Italinglish, doesn't it? {me-bigga-smile-4-u}

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

DOH! It was The Count. Gawd my memory is Shot. We had that conversation just like ummmm 4 posts ago. Duh. Sorry The Count. ah ah ah

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

Me forgiva da nice lady! She all poopied out. Needa biga glass of Ufi's specialie, tori di sangue vino! Gratuito! :)

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

In an ironic twist of fate... When I was a teen we had houses back up to my backyard. One house held a teen boy who I met while hanging out my bedroom window smoking. I was dressed OK then. When he saw me a couple of days later... I didn't look so good so told him I was my twin sister. That poor boy believed I had a twin sister through our four years of high school. Perhaps that lie may have been aided by the fact that every once in a while when I would run into him at school I would pretend I was Diane - my twin. Gawd. Fire and brimstone for me I am certain!

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

That would be Dante's Inferno, 9th ring, round 5, "Writer's of the purple page."

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Shelly you mother from hell! Ok just for the sake of my sanity tell me a) how old was your son at the time and b) that the state of California sued your pretty intoxicating little a*s off for causing irreparable psychological trauma to the innocents!

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Going into 7th grade so 12. OMG the moms and I laughed so hard we cried. They were up in arms!!!

[Ken Simm.]

Now that is wicked. You are an evil lady. Fancy doing that to your poor son. What has he ever done to you? .......... Well since you put it that way.
Mind you speaking as an ex teacher I can only applaud your actions.

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Yes! Someone who gets it. OMG This had me and another mom in tears. They were calling their buddies... so outraged. They did laugh... eventually. Yes - I am evil. Good at it too!

[Mrs Edith Hat]

This was very funny indeed. Very amusing. One can only hope that you actually did this, rather than simply printed an article. However, the typographical nature of the letter itself is rather small. One would suggest that you significantly increase the point size.
While I was a little bewildered at some of the terminology used within your work, it is the content that is very funny. I applaud both your sense of humour and your approach. I also welcome your decission to present as an article

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Thank you for your kind review. Yes I did this. Thank you for the comment on the type. I must locate the original or retype the thing I suppose. Apprecitae your feedback.

[Zeek4]

You need to enlarge the letter to make it easier to read. Sadly, though it was written as a humorous satire, your description of the dismal state of affairs of our school system is not too far from the mark if things continue to go on their present course. I taught in San Diego for many years and witness first hand the steady decline of our school system. This year alone fifteen hundred teachers got pink slips. At one school of twenty six teachers, twenty five of them got pink slips. P.E. went out the window as the kids continue to become obese. All I got to say is what the f..k. Thanks for posting your witty write.

[EMF]

Me? I'm nominating you for Parent of the God's Damn year

[EMF]

I laughed so hard and so long I caused somebody else to wet themselves.