Kindergarten retention due to coloring

Uh yes, I'm trying to reach Miss Thomas, please.

This is Miss Thomas, who's it?

Uh my name is Mr.

Stapleton.

I'm actually the principal over at uh elementary school.

Mm-hmm.

You're I'm looking at my records indicating that your son Thomas is going to be starting his first grade.

He's ready.

My baby's ready.

Right.

Listen, Miss Thomas, um, I've been going through actually all of the children's records.

Uh I actually spoke with the teacher and who he was under in kindergarten.

Mm-hmm.

And it seems like he just really wasn't up to par as the rest of the children.

Mm-mm.

I now his conduct.

Now he talked, but he gets his work.

So what else is is she saying on that that ain't right?

Well what it what's what it seems to be, ma'am, is that um his grades weren't up to par as the rest of the other children.

She did tell me he was a disobedient child.

No, he disobedient and talking two different things.

Come on.

Okay.

Well ma'am, listen, what we've decided here is we're gonna let little

actually do another year of kindergarten.

Oh no y'all ain't gonna let him do another year of kindergarten no sir.

Ma'am that's that's the only choice I have like to look at

no we got our letter in the mail with our report card the week after school started and it said on the back promoted and if I got to get up off this couch and go get it, I'm gonna be felling right now we will be in the first grade.

Kindergarten wasn't that d hard.

I'm not sure what they told you about him, but it must be the wrong

understanding he's he doesn't color as well as the rest of the kids.

He's all out of the he's out of the lines when he colors he doesn't know his numbers completely and that's kind of what we need when you first come into uh into the first grade.

Calling me with some about my son blunking kindergarten.

He ain't that kind of thing.

He does not color well ma'am listen calling ain't got nothing to do with that guard of kindergarten he is going to the first grade and I be down there on August 24th.

Ma'am I will not be able to allow you to get in the school on August twenty mister I'm sorry.

Uh-uh and and let me get let me tell you what let me go in and get my pencil and pen because I don't live that far from this school and if y'all already down there causing some conflict I need to get up and go down there because I'm not telling my baby when he comes home today that he ain't going to the Dagum first.

Ma'am I I I hate to say it, but I'm gonna have to refuse education from him on

You know what?

I just went back and put him in public school.

I know that was a dick in the first place.

Foon which I'm talking about some coloring.

Give me your name again, sir.

Stapleton, man.

And what's that number down there?

The number here is actually area code.

Uh-uh.

Wait a minute.

Uh uh, I got the number.

Never mind.

I pulled up this report card.

I got the number and your name on the back of this paper.

I tell you what, August 24th, we'll be coming in there going to school, and I might make a trip around there this evening when I come from the doctor to make sure that you can't.

Calling ain't got nothing to do with nothing else.

You send us that the paper.

It's not only colouring.

His arithmetic is fast.

No, uh-uh.

Are you working with him at home when you're doing anything as a parent?

What you trying to say?

I'm an incompetent parent.

I'm just asking, as a parent, are you working with your child?

I'm working with my child every day.

He can read better than you, probably.

No, he can't read better.

I'm the principal.

I can't read better than you because obviously you read that wrong on that paper that he's supposed to be going back to kindergarten when I know the paper said from his fingers going to the first grade.

And I'm not listening to no more of this about him going backwards.

Now, if you got a problem with your paperwork, maybe you need to go talk to your secretary or somebody in there that wrote my baby name down roughly.

Your son's name Thomas, ma'am.

Don't bring your son down here August the 24th.

I tell you what, be ready to whip me and my husband, but we will be down there August 4th.

Backpack, shoes, uniform, everything.

You hear me?

I will not be able to allow him an education.

Because my baby is not going back to no kindergarten for no coloring.

Can you bring him down here and let him color for me?

So I can't.

No, uh-uh, uh-uh.

No, I'm sorry.

Uh-uh.

We will be down there August the twenty fourth.

I will have this report card in my hand that says you have been promoted to the first grade, and he's gonna have a d smile on his face and So are you.

I got one more thing I need to tell you, man.

Are you listening to me?

I'm listening.

You ain't saying nothing yet.

You better say something that sounds like the first grade, because I'm not playing.

I would go down to this daggum administrator office and I had fire.

Because my son will be in that first grade.

Who are you raising your voice at?

Who are you raising your voice?

I'm talking to you.

You talking crazy to me.

I'm talking crazy than who.

What?

I'm a grown woman.

I don't need to be explaining to you why I'm trying to defend my son.

Did you graduate?

Honey, I am a college degree person.

I have a great job.

My husband and I do well for ourselves and for our children, and that's why we know.

You're not even you're not even at work right now, man.

Listen, I'm sick phone.

I told you that when you called here.

Waiting on the doctor to call me now, probably missing my phone call.

Can you color?

Because your son can't.

I can't color.

What kind of question is that to ask me?

Can I color?

What are you?

White or black?

You asking me sad.

You asked me, am I colored?

No, I asked you, can you color?

Like I said, no, uh you have some racist lines in there.

Can you color?

No, uh-uh.

I my coloring and me being colored ain't got nothing to do with none of this.

Is this a race thing?

No.

No, I'm not trying to send him back.

I want to send him back to color to get his coloring together.

I'll tell you what, that ain't got nothing to do with nothing.

And if you are the head person down there now, you are incompetent and you are an illiterate call me and tell me that my son has to go back to the first grade.

I got one more thing.

I tell you what, I'm through with this conversation.

I'm through with this c I'm gonna say one more thing and I'm gonna be out of here.

Are you listening?

I'm listening.

This is nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey morning show.

You just got pranked by your girlfriend Felicia.

I'm gonna be Felicia's

I am gonna beat her.

Mother

You about to get toe out the frame.

I mean, I'm writing numbers and every thing, man.

I'm gonna call everything.

I'ma beat her.

All right, but one more question now.

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In the land.

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