She got an orange!

My strong willed daughter received an orange yesterday at school, this is not good! Everyone starts out on green and you can move up to purple then blue which is excellent or you can move down to yellow then orange then red! She has always received good colors mostly green and purple, but today it was orange. It happened the last 10 minutes of class the teacher said a little boy was bothering her and so she went to tell the teacher and she told Jolee to use her words and let the little boy know what he was doing wrong to her. Well, instead of telling him she just hit him in the back with a pointer! When you receive an orange you must sit in time out and by the time I had gotten there she was still crying. She has been telling me that some of the little boys have been bothering her lately so I went and told her teacher a few days ago about what was happening and she said she would watch them to see what was going on. Did I also mention that Jolee did not get alot of sleep that night because she woke up at 4 a.m. throwing up, I told her teacher that she might be a little cranky that day because of lack of sleep. So I guess that was Jolee's breaking point yesterday, I don't think she will ever do it again not only did she get in trouble at school but she also gets in trouble at home too. We have a rule, if she comes home with a yellow or worse she will get a spanking! I was tempted yesterday not to give her one but she must learn that there are no exceptions to punishment when we break the rules. Some of you might think that is a little harsh but for Joe and I we are raising a future adult who needs to learn to abide by the laws of the land and respect authority even though we don't always agree. I guess that is my soap box for the day. I love my children with my whole heart and thank the Lord everyday for them.