Tells From Jr. High

I wandered over to Julia's Blog, the best friend of YARM13YOL. I felt like I had been slapped in the face (even hours later, I can still feel the sting) with the reality that Mary Margaret may be talking bad about someone. This really shattered me. I have talked to both YARM13YOL and Taylor (youallhavetohelpmewithanicknamforher) until I am blue in the face about how rude it is to talk about people. I printed it and handed to YARM13YOL and of course the first thing she said was...I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE. So I said, we'll just call Julia and find out. She knows I will do this, we've been down this road before, I'm not scared.

So after some brow beating, turning her upside down, tied her ears together, threatening to die her hair BROWN, making her wear NOT COOL clothes, and eventually threatening with the ultimate this will kill me threat, I THREATENED TO MAKE HER HUG HER SISTER ALL NIGHT, she breaks down and begs me to let her tell me the truth, so I said go for it...tells me the truth (Ithink)

She said that the only thing she told Julia was that people were talking bad about Taylor, her sister.
She said that her friends
Me:what friends?
YARM13YOL:The girl with the blue hair
ME:what is her name
YARM13YOL: I don't know.
ME: Then she is not your friend. (People, am I right? If you don't know their name, not a friend)
Anyway They were saying that they were tired of Taylor and her friends sitting at a certain table at lunch and that they were planning to throw forks, ketchup, and mustard at Taylor and her friends. I'm thinking, okay? Thats not talking bad about someone is it? She should just tell Taylor whats been going on.

Next, Taylor discovered the PREPs today. She said that they sit in a small little huddled up group and they all wear HOLLISTER shirts everyday. HELLO??? Taylor too wears this clothing and she's not a prep. Mind you, our Hollister stuff was clearance, but never the less, she's got some. She also said that a lot of the PREP girls wear their shirts real tight and you can see their speed bumps (she whispered this). Taylor was just full of information today, she made YARM13YOL go far away to tell me the next bit of information...YARM13YOL has a boyfriend. Top Secret stuff. Taylor heard this from a good friend of hers...who? She doesn't know her name. Best Buddies.

Overheard...I have no idea what they were talking about to begin with.
YARM13YOL: My people thats who
Taylor:You don't have people
YARM13YOL: OH I have people, don't you worry. I've got lots of people
Taylor: Well so do I, somewhere.

Lovin' the life with teens...

Oh, by the way, YARM13YOL wrote on her arm again, it is a huge pet peeve, I think that it makes people look trashy because it looks like a tattoo (why did she write on her arm...because I told her not to draw during class on paper...what I meant was that she should be doing class work not drawing).

Do you let your children draw on themselves?