Mom Says: I Am Not an Exotic Dancer, I Work at Home Depot

First of all kids have varying degrees of skill and drawing objects is vastly easier than drawing people. Schools focus on neat handwriting from an early age but don't focus on "neat" drawing. I fully object to schools even wanting kids to write or draw about family/home life simply because "well meaning" intrusive teachers WILL misinterpret everything they see and read because they are instructed to do so. As a result truly innocent things get blown out of proportion and create unnecessary drama for families and in the case of this picture a degree of humiliation for the mother.

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this cartoon has been going around the internet for a couple of years now...

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My brother bought a new meat smoker and had been trying out several different meats on it. When his son had a project to write a poem about his family, he wrote .... "and my dad is always smoking something". And of course, the BOOK of poems from everyone in the class went home with every student. There was a lot of explaining to do.haha

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It does not say how old this child is. Looking at the hand writing. I would say she's a 1st grader. And in that grade she could write very neat, as she has done. She looks like she's taking her time in doing it. Which most kids at that age -- couldn't care less. Her drawing, well not as good. Most in 1st. grade can't draw and stick people are what they do. So yes, I believe she was trying to show what Mom was doing at work and not as an exotic dancer. She just didn't do a good job of it as her writing. But, that's just what I see and believe. I'm not jumping to any conclusions here.

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Kids say the darnest things or shall I say draw the darnest things.

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SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! On the individual who saw fit to twist a child's work. Maybe this individual should be brought in and questioned about their perversion. I guess this is just another example of why our children aren't encouraged to be creative, because the teachers jump to conclusion that in themselves can be far more reaching in their damages.

BRAVO! Mom you handled this extremely well! I think your child's art work is terrific!

Is it real? Who cares!

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Its none of the teacher's business!

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she has a kid...so in a sence she has danced on a pole...LOL

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It is a cute story. If the mom really was a stripper I doubt the child would have ever seen her on the pole!

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When my oldest son was in second grade, I got a call from the teacher telling me that my son said that we had "old rotten potatoes" the night before for dinner. I had to think a minute and realized what he meant. I explained to her that I believe he just had trouble saying that we had "AU GRATIN POTATOES". He's now 25, but we still joke about it.

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It's like one of those "ink" blots that psychologists show to patients to find out what's really on the mind of the person. To me, this looks like a woman holding a shovel and people running toward her fighting to get the shovel. Others looking at it have a different perspective.

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Kids do and say the cutest and strangest things sometimes.
As my daughters school once said, we won't believe everything they say about you if you don't believe everything they say about the school.
My preschool daughter at the time had seen an episode of Lilo and Stitch and told my now current husband that I put bricks in a pillowcase and beat her. In one quick moment, I found myself explaining that I do not beat my child and that she had seen it on tv.
When you have a small child their drawings and or sayings can often be taken out of context. You just say what you need to say and move on, but you have to admit, there is some humor in it and I would have done just what that mom did and it will be a story to tell that little girl when she grows up, just like I tell my daughter about the Lilo and Stitch brick story and she's now 13 but says, yeah, I remember that and we laugh together.

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Hoax or not... It made me laugh.

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Everyone in here so far seems to be missing this point: How did this child come by any reference whatsoever to a stripper? Let alone what one does or why!

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I have had teachers write the theme on the paper before handing it to the student, leaving space for drawing or pictures. It is very possible that this is the case in this picture. Why not ask the teacher or student?

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after u read the story u can clearly see she is standing behind a shovel. not on smthing. its funny. but ppl will turn it into the bad as always,

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When my neice was in 3rd grade she had to write & illustrate a story. She wrote about her visit with me saying that she visited her Aunt and Uncle who "lived in a garage" and "after lunch we went to look for animal bones in the back yard". Translation - we lived in an 800 sq ft garage apartment (we were building our house) and the "backyard" was 21 acres. My sister immediately called the teacher to clarify......

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mrs. jones and mrs. smith? really?

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