Notre parking et les rues de New York!
C’est extraordinaire: les parents du LFK au Koweït reçoivent une note leur demandant, au parking, de se conformer aux consignes de sécurité, de civisme et de bon sens pour le bien être de tous et surtout des enfants.
Ce même genre de note est aussi envoyé à New York aux parents des bambins de la YMCA…
Il doit y avoir une mystérieuse corrélation entre le parking du LFK, Lexington av, les grandes 4x4, les chauffeurs (qu’il faut appeler drivers à NY) …
Entre la honte de savoir que nous, au Koweit, ne maîtrisons pas le savoir vivre, et le glamour de se comparer aux people de NY, j’ai du mal à choisir…
Once Around the Block, James, and Pick Me Up After My Nap
“…The children — ages 3 through 5 — are enrolled at the Y’s famous nursery school. The livery convention on Lexington Avenue occurs most every weekday. Neighbors of the Y and parents with children in the nursery school say they have seen the number of cars and drivers increase considerably over the past couple of years.
In exasperation, the director of the school, Nancy Schulman, drafted a letter to all families insisting that the drivers wait somewhere else while parents or baby sitters take the children in: find a legal parking space, or take their cars for a few spins around the block.
In the letter, which parents received once in the spring of 2006 and twice this school year, Ms. Schulman played perhaps the only bargaining chip she has, stating that failure to observe this rule could hinder their children’s chances of getting into the kindergarten of their choice.
The letter said that idling cars posed a safety risk, several parents said, and reminded families that one assessment Ms. Schulman and her colleagues are asked to make by lower-school admissions officers is whether the applicant’s parents have been “cooperative” with the school’s requests…”
New York Times
By Eric Kronigsberg
24/1/07
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/nyregion/24limos.html?em&ex=1170046800&en=ac659b95aeb3acd8&ei=5087%0A
Ce même genre de note est aussi envoyé à New York aux parents des bambins de la YMCA…
Il doit y avoir une mystérieuse corrélation entre le parking du LFK, Lexington av, les grandes 4x4, les chauffeurs (qu’il faut appeler drivers à NY) …
Entre la honte de savoir que nous, au Koweit, ne maîtrisons pas le savoir vivre, et le glamour de se comparer aux people de NY, j’ai du mal à choisir…
Once Around the Block, James, and Pick Me Up After My Nap
“…The children — ages 3 through 5 — are enrolled at the Y’s famous nursery school. The livery convention on Lexington Avenue occurs most every weekday. Neighbors of the Y and parents with children in the nursery school say they have seen the number of cars and drivers increase considerably over the past couple of years.
In exasperation, the director of the school, Nancy Schulman, drafted a letter to all families insisting that the drivers wait somewhere else while parents or baby sitters take the children in: find a legal parking space, or take their cars for a few spins around the block.
In the letter, which parents received once in the spring of 2006 and twice this school year, Ms. Schulman played perhaps the only bargaining chip she has, stating that failure to observe this rule could hinder their children’s chances of getting into the kindergarten of their choice.
The letter said that idling cars posed a safety risk, several parents said, and reminded families that one assessment Ms. Schulman and her colleagues are asked to make by lower-school admissions officers is whether the applicant’s parents have been “cooperative” with the school’s requests…”
New York Times
By Eric Kronigsberg
24/1/07
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/nyregion/24limos.html?em&ex=1170046800&en=ac659b95aeb3acd8&ei=5087%0A
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