Would this annoy you?

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My son,, who thankfully is fine and " normal, " attends a private

montessori school in town. The school is small enough that his

teachers(and I'm sure many others) know of 's health problems

and trials.

About 2 months ago a boy from the school was hit in the head

accidentally with a baseball and suffered a hemorrhage. He went

into a coma, hospital, and is now rapidly recovering.

The reason I'm annoyed (and probably I'm just being bitchy) is that

DAILY I get hit up for money for fund-raisers for this boy,

benefits, buy a button, send in money to buy ice-cream to benefit

the boy, etc. He has been in the paper a minimum of 4 times.

Mostly, though, it seems to me insensitive for his school (where

they know of our issues) to be asking me to contribute financially

to this boy, when he isn't half as involved as my daughter. They

haven't dealt with this problem for nearly as long as I have and

will.

I do not want or need a benefit. Thankfully, my husband and I are

secure enough that we have managed through all of 's issues.

These people can't be too hard-up either, though. They afford

private school, have a nice home, pool, etc.

What also irks me is the coverage by the paper. 's therapists

tell me they see children who are more disabled than her, whose

parents don't have a dime; can't afford all the stuff we buy for

, etc. The paper writes nothing about these children. The

school doesn't fundraise for them. I might feel like helping them,

but I hardly feel pressed to help an equally privileged child, when

mine needs more help than him.

I was going to write a note to my son's teacher to leave that stuff

out of his notebook, but my husband suggested I not do that. I'm

going to listen to him, but I'm still annoyed.

Anyway, thought I'd run this by everyone to see if I'm just testy or

if this would annoy others too.

- Bivens