Shame on me

First, I'd like to thank all the readers following the Princess series and for their comments. I also want to thank Sephrena for all her hard work with this story. We've had our ups and downs with regard to where I want the story to go, and if I agree with her point of view then I'll allow it into the story. Last night Sephrena called me to look at what she had done and sent an Email of the latest chapter. I explained that I had guests and would look at it in the morning, but no sooner, but that I trusted her judgement on where the story is going, so I released it to be posted. There were things I didn't like about the rewrite, but that's neither here nor there. Please don't get the idea that I felt it was poorly written, because it wasn't. Some of what I was trying to convey was lost in the translation and that's all. Shame on me. I won't release another chapter until I'm satisfied with where it's going. Secondly, some readers are upset with Lynn's mother for her hard line stance with Miss Benson. You know what? I would be too. As a parent, I have six kids, so I've been there and done that. I'll relate a story about my son which pretty much sums up how I feel about Susan Collins anger. My son attended School of the Arts in San Francisco, SOTA, for short. He was a miserable student and lucky to get C's and D's. There was one thing he excelled at though, singing and acting. All lead parts in school musicals were done by Seniors and the rest by whom ever past the audition. Erik landed the part of Tony in Westside Story as a Junior. During his Senior year The play Guys and Dolls was planed around him. His part was Sky Masterson, the lead. The report card before the play was to open came home and Erik had fallen below the magical 2.0 grade average, which meant he would be out of the play. My wife and I were fine about that as it would be a good lesson for Erik that with effort or lack of there are consequences. The next day the school called and said it would be all right if Erik was still in the play. Sorry, we said, but that wouldn't be right and he was out of the production. They set up a meeting and begged us to let Erik remain in the play. No way was our reply. We told the school flat out that he didn't deserve to be in the play because of his grades. It was at that point they begged us and asked if he brought his grades up above 2.0 could he then perform? They also mentioned that the play would have been canceled if he couldn't perform. I don't know if that was true or not, but we relented. The school had one on one sessions with Erik until his grade went above 2.0. During the meeting my wife and I both were less than quiet about how we felt concerning the matter. Now concerning Lynn Collins, if she was my son or daughter and what had happened to her, I too would have gone ballistic. I know there are lots that will disagree with me, but, Susan didn't go off on Lynn, but the person that should have known better that to screw with a students head. Finally, remember, this is just FICTION. If the improbable didn't happen there wouldn't be a story and it wouldn't give us a reason to vent. I love you all, Arecee