FROM: Geppetto@earthlink.com
\nTO: Sunnydale Elementary Listserv
\nRE: Hello! <\/p>\n
Hello parents, I\u2019m Geppetto, and I\u2019ll bet I\u2019m as excited as anyone to get the class list for Ms. Hudson\u2019s kindergarten. Can you believe school starts next month? <\/p>\n
In the class list I noticed that my son\u2019s name is listed as Pinocchio. This is incorrect. Though many of his playmates call him that and the boy himself goes by that name, his full name is PinocchioWoodenboy Geppetto-Schwartz. Note it is PinocchioWoodenboy, without a hyphen. Woodenboy is not his middle name, but rather part of his first name. I know it\u2019s faster to spell Pinocchio, but everyone has a unique and creative name these days. <\/p>\n
Please make sure to honor my creativity and help empower my son by referring to him as PinocchioWoodenboy in the classroom and in all correspondence. I\u2019ve sent numerous emails to the Sunnydale office, and new class lists should be coming with his correct name. Feel free to use the attached document with his correct name\u2014you can print it out on self-adhesive labels for use on snack sheets, etc. <\/p>\n
Sincerely,
\nMastro Geppetto-Schwartz-Shearson-Lehman. <\/p>\n
\u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n
FROM: Geppetto@earthlink.com
\nTO: Sunnydale Elementary Listserv
\nRE: the local park <\/p>\n
When PinocchioWoodenboy and I drove to school yesterday I noticed a Cat and Fox sitting on the park bench near Sunnydale. I wasn\u2019t quite sure but I believe they were smoking. Fortunately my son didn\u2019t notice because he\u2019s not tall enough to see from his booster seat and he was distracted\u2014I\u2019m so glad we got the minivan with the TV! <\/p>\n
I\u2019m not comfortable with the fact that Sunnydale Elementary abuts a public park. This park should be for the children, and not some frightful ruffians. Does anyone want to join a working group to address this issue? Please feel free to pencil in your name to the list on PinocchioWoodenboy\u2019s back. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Don\u2019t you wish you had a name like \u201cG. Xavier Robillard\u201d? I sure do.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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