Taylor Swift Fan's Parent Protects Her Kid's 'Reputation' With Eras Tour Absence Note
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The mother of a Taylor Swift fan hopes an upcoming school absence for the pop star’s Eras Tour show in Houston won’t ruin her first-grade daughter’s “otherwise stellar Reputation.”
Karen Vladeck, an award-winning Austin-based lawyer and legal recruiter, drew heavily on Swift’s famous lyrics in her note asking that daughter Maddie’s absence be excused later this month.
Vladeck, in a tweet on Tuesday, posted the absence note to her daughter’s teacher. It began “Dear Reader,” then reeled off a string of references to the singer’s work.
“I hope missing school doesn’t ruin her otherwise stellar Reputation, but she begged me to go and maybe I Should Have Said No but I didn’t want to be Mean. So It Goes...,” Vladek wrote.
“Anyway, I hope this doesn’t leave any Bad Blood between you and Maddie and that things for the rest of the year are not Treacherous. I know I Did Something Bad and I promise this will be The Last Time she has an unexcused absence before the Cruel Summer starts. Forever & Always, Karen Vladeck.”
The email’s subject line “It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Problem, It’s Me” is a nod to the singer’s hit song “Anti-Hero.”
Here’s hoping my daughter’s 1st grade teacher is a Swiftie pic.twitter.com/6Izg9dpadQ
— KSV Eras Era (@KSVesq) April 4, 2023
Vladeck got a warm reaction from the teacher, who said it made their “ENTIRE DAY.” But she said her husband Steve Vladeck – a CNN contributor and law professor – didn’t appear to dig the approach.
Well let’s hope her reaction is better than my husband’s pic.twitter.com/OSOXOKDWTP
— KSV Eras Era (@KSVesq) April 4, 2023
Twitter users liked the note and found ways to name-drop other Swift lyrics.
Maybe she responds with "Here's the homework she'll have to make up. Look What You Made Me Do."
— Matt Marcotte (@MattMarcotte) April 4, 2023
It’s not as if you took her to Paris
— Bethany Albertson (@AlbertsonB2) April 4, 2023
Hopefully she responds:
I Knew You Were Trouble when you walked in.
Evermore, Teacher— Stacy (@stacykhuffman) April 4, 2023
She really missed out by not responding You Need to Calm Down
— Childers (@mchilders07) April 5, 2023
Eh, it’s just one day of school; I’m sure the teacher can Shake It Off.
— Twowackykids (@twowackykids) April 4, 2023