Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Back to School

OMG!!  What happened to summer???  Most of my friends have kids in school ages k-12.  The little darlings are back next week.  I so feel sorry for teachers and school administrators this time of year.  While my friends are singing hallelujah as they won't have to deal with kids being underfoot all day, the school principal is about to be inundated with whiny parents upset about the teacher their kid was placed with. 

The drama I especially do not miss is the posting of classes and teachers at the elementary school.  Both parents and kids would wait with bated breath for the class and teacher placements.  Everybody would gather around like it was the posting of the Magna Carta.  There were giggles of elation from little girls upon discovering they were in the same class.  There were moans and cries from both kids and parents about teachers they wanted to avoid and now had to deal with.

Relax....  little Johnny's life will NOT be ruined if his fourth grade teacher is less than perfect.  If parents think for *one* minute that this will be the defining moment of Johnny's academic development you all need to get a dose of reality and get some real problems.  Unless the teacher is some dangerous psycho-freak STFU and get over it. 

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