Wednesday, August 23, 2006

When saying you don't care isn't enough

So my official first day of school is tomorrow, although we've had Meet the Teacher presentations the last two days. All of my students seem great although the parents just get crazier each year. But my early favorite has to be Robert's mom who arrived fashionably late (i.e. 45 minutes late as I'm getting into my car to head home.) I introduce myself and she tells me that they were running late because the drive-thru at McDonald's was backed up. I didn't dare question this because I looked down to see her t-shirt which read "If I look like I don't care it's because I don't give a sh*t." I don't think even Hemingway could have crafted a more poignant statement.

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