By VictoriaLeavitt - 25/06/2013 00:35 - United States - Las Vegas

Today, my daughter's obsession with Canada got out way of hand when she was suspended for climbing up the flagpole, in an attempt to replace the flag with a red-and-white maple leaf one. FML
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VictoriaLeavitt tells us more.

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OP here. I made an account so I could follow up. For those of you doubting my parenting: in my household, no banshee-like deed goes unpunished. Yes, this was a school suspension, for those unsure, and it was three weeks, which is pretty reasonable. Sadly, this is a continuation jr. high school for kids who've been permanently expelled (I'm surprised no one asked why she's still in school during the summer), where banshee-like behaviors such as this are not rare.

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Top comments

DerrickJames 33

She has passion for something that's not drugs or sex. Be proud.

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rg350dx 29

You had one job as a parent OP... Keep her off the pole. And you just couldn't do that, now could you?

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StoneSentinel 3

If your daughter isn't proud to be an American, then she's free to leave!

nina21194 12

Is it bad I read this and immediately thought of Mario?

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LadyEmi 15

XD thumbs up for you

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mommy2cassidy 18

I am Canadian:). I also have the pleasure of dealing with Americans daily where I work. I feel bad saying this but for the most part, I prefer Canadians. It may be that most calls I receive are from the not so smart ones. I do realize Canadians can be dumb as well but it is just something that I noticed is that we are more understanding. I don't mean to offend anyone.

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turdlett 4

Canadians are American. Just from a different part of North America.

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Llama_Face89 33

As a Canadian living in the US...it's not only the stupid ones...

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jenn1808 16

I'm American, and at my old job about half the customers were Canadian. They were generally really rude and not too bright...looks like you can find jerks on both sides of the border.

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PerfectLie666 4

Or they were acting stupid so you could understand them.

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arob_11 5

Interestingly I live in a town in Montana that is somewhat near the border and we have a lot of Canadians come here in the summer to shop... Since the exchange rate is so good for them. Not that this was ALWAYS true, but more often than not, the Canadians that came into the beauty supply I used to work for were very rude and demanding. Like I was supposed to go way out of my way to do them a favor because they were Canadian. Not to mention they have notoriously caused destruction in our town during their holidays when they come here to party. So they don't have the greatest reputation here.

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Shade1982 20

I think this is general behavior for people acting like that when not in their home country. It would certainly explain all the trouble we are having with tourists in general...

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aaboydboyd 8

You raised your child right then, good sir!

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nancem 7

Send your daughter to Canada. She can take my place. I will happily move to SoCal and give her my place in Ontario. She doesn't even need to finish high school she can just go on welfare because apparently we hand it out to anyone who asks. I hear Tim Hortons is hiring.

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MarissaCristina 13

Sadly, America also hands out welfare to anyone who asks for it. Or at least in my part of the country it does.

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Axipiter 24

Amen 154. While I love this country, we definitely have a tendency of helping out the lowest common denominator, while forgetting about everyone else...

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jenn1808 16

It seems that way here too. Then again, it's the scammers that you hear about and the low life's that blow their food stamps on lobster. The hardworking people who genuinely need help are the majority, but they blend in with everyone else.

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tinysocks 11

Apparently none of you have ever been actually poor...there are those who milk the system of course but the distribution of wealth in both countries is ridiculously disturbing. When people are hungry or the sick are going without medication because they can't afford it? I don't care what country you're in, it's inhumane. And it's happening in both, btw. Excepting chick above me, she seems to get it ;)

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dermor 3

Maybe set her up with some sort of foreign exchange, get it out of her system

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