A 5th Grader Jacked My Child’s Cell Phone
Yesterday morning I’m sitting in my car and my cell phone rings. The display is lit up with “Eric”, and I’m wondering why in the world my son is calling me from school. But when I answer, I find that it’s my son’s elementary school principal asking if I am the mother of the person who owns the cell phone and what school does he go to. This has me a little concerned. He explains that the phone was confiscated from a 5th grade girl who was caught playing with it in the bathroom. She was standing in front of the mirror taking pictures of herself! She said some boy on her bus gave her the phone. The principal called Eric into his office to find out what was going on, and Eric had no idea that his phone was even missing from his backpack. Apparently the girl just jacked it on the bus when he wasn’t looking. Thank goodness the little thief was caught playing with it, or we may have never gotten it back. I had to go pick it up from the school, though.. some weird rule they have.
Anyway, the whole situation disturbs me on many levels. Namely, this little girl’s parents are raising a kleptomaniac, apparently. Another thing is, is my child just that oblivious to what’s going on around him that he doesn’t notice some kid taking the cell phone out of it’s little holster that is connected to his backpack? I guess though, if you are on a bus with a bunch of rowdy kids and some sneaky little klepto is slyly trying to jack you, you might not notice. >;[
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