Grandma came and Grandma went. I survived. I slept (or not) in the twins room. I officially hate thin foam matresses.
Jacqui met Grandma, and she pretended to be all nice and sweet and grandma-ish. She even refrained from giving out sloppy kisses and biting ears! But then, on the other hand, Jacqui is starting to doubt the survear-ness of my grandma problems. Which rate 11 on a scale of 1 to 10.
I only got into one big extended arguement with her. It started cause we were watching Australia, and she was saying how the stolen generation wasn't actually like that. How the Aboriginal mothers were happy to send their children of to English schools. How they wanted their kids to learn the valuable life skill the Europeans had to offer. How the Kids were fighting for possistions. Says Grandma.
Um, no. What kind of mothers want to send their kids of and never see them again? And they were learning! They were learning how to survive as an Aboriginal. They didn't need white-people schools! With reading and Writing and Maths!
But no, says Grandma. Aboriginal mothers are different from us. They don't mind who's looking after their kids as long as their being looked after. They were happy to hand their kids over to the church!
Hmm, yes. That really makes sense. Stupid racist old fool.
I was at band all day today. As in, I wasn't at church today. And we were talking about it infront of her before she left. And she started lecturing me on being a good christian! Cause she can really talk, can't she!!!
I could go on and on about this forever, but your probably all sick of it as is, so I'll stop.
I went to band today. We're really progressing! We've got 5 pieces working well and another 7 that are getting there! New Zealand is becoming more and more realistic!
I'm going on grade 8 camp next week! If you remember, our grade 8 camp was really bad, but this one's gonna be awesome! It goes for two nights (not one) and its and Spring Beach (rather than Orana) in Orford (not Lauderdale)! They get to do absailing and kiaching and rockclimbing and all these other cool things. And we're going as leaders! Me, Jacqui, Kelsey, Ellen and Emma! We were picked over a bunch of grade 10s and several other grade 9s! Pretty good, don't you think! :-) And it gives us a good idea of who they're gonna think about for prefect!
And finally, we are of to Queensland for 16 days over the June Holidays! More details coming soon!
My Dull and Boring Life
- carrot
- I've just started grade 9 at Clarence High in Tasmania, Australia. My school is a bogan school, even though me and my friends aren't bogans. Our school is so bogan, that on the front step in red graffiti it said, 'hi claza bogans'. But then it rained too much so it all came off. This year I will be in two of the bands at school; the the senior concert band on flute, and the senior stage band on trombone. The senior bands are for people in grade 9 and 10; the stage band plays cool music (rock and jazz and stuff), where as the concert band plays more classical, older, music. The Senior Concert band is the best band cause it goes on tour! NZ this year!!! Its gonna be amazing!!!
Glad you survived the severity of a grandma visit. At first appearances it is hard to see what we often worry about with her.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about the stolen generation, but I have met aboriginals that were taken and educated and are very thankful for it saying "it was the best thing that ever happened to us." I really don't thinnk that any mother would be happy to never see a child again, but many of the church people that took children observed children that were minded by many "Aunts" and seemed in need of "Civilizing" so they did what they thought was in the best interests of the children. Perhaps they were misguided, but well meaning. I feel sorry for any suffering it caused, but, I don't think that the generations that had nothing to do with it should pay for it. That would be like making Germany and Japan continue to pay for WWII.
Glad to hear you made it through a Grandma visit. I have to admit I chuckled a little bit at your rant.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't necessarily say that Grandma is racist. It's a really hard thing to remember, but Grandma was brought up in a totally different time. Our attitudes weren't prevalent then. The White Australia Policy was still in place when Grandma was young, and you know how behind the times Tasmanian attitudes can be! Just take her attitudes with a grain of salt and do your own investigating. Don't take a position just because it's the opposite of what Grandma says.
As for being a good Christian? Live your life the way you know God wants you to. Don't stress about what Grandma says. You have to live in the world, and do stuff from time to time on a Sunday, but that doesn't mean you're abandoning your faith. Hang in there.
*hugs*