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A Sad Sight
By JLP | September 4, 2008
This morning as I was taking my daughter to pre-school, we passed an apartment complex. In front of the complex was a woman and her little daughter waiting for the school bus. I assumed this because the woman was dressed in a bathrobe and the little girl had on a backpack.
What was sad to me was that it was 8:25 AM and school starts at 8:25 AM! Yet, this woman is standing outside looking for the bus. Sure, it’s possible the bus was running late, but I doubt it. It’s also possible that this is an isolated incident and that this mom is just having a bad day. All I know is that school started last week and this lady’s daughter is already going to be tardy.
Why is this sad? Because it shows just how unimportant school is to some parents. I mean how can this little girl be expected to take school seriously if her mother can’t get her on the school bus? And, this lady’s not the only one. Last year I had to drop something off at my son’s school. I got there at 8:40 in the morning (15 minutes after the start of school) and noticed that there was a (long) line of kids standing at the tardy window. There was no reason for this other than their parents just couldn’t get them to school on time.
I wonder if they have this same problem in China or Japan?
UPDATE: Wow! Readers of this blog did not like this post one bit. In hindsight I probably should have kept my thoughts to myself. Even my wife thinks I was a little harsh.
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