Maybe It's Because I'm Sick. Or Just Sick Of It All.

Mouth had a cold last week so it was no surprise that I woke yesterday with a scratchy throat (thanks a lot, kid!) However, I woke this morning completely miserable and have been in bed most of the day. At one point, I quickly checked my email on the BB and found this (names have been obscured to protect petty people):

"Hi Mrs. Shute,

Zane got a checkmark today from Mrs. M******* for talking back. He was talking with another boy while she was addressing the class and she politely asked him to move to another table. He replied, "Why, I don't want to move." She asked him again to move and he said something else (I don't remember what was said the second time.)

Also, when we came back to class we had a new seating chart and he complained to me that he didn't want to sit with the other two students that I put him with. I spoke to him about him questioning my decisions and why I or Mrs. M******* ask him to do something.

Have you seen some of this attitude at home?

Mr. A***"

Seriously? SERIOUSLY. My response, which I magnified because I'm too tired to figure out how to make the email more clear: