Day 23: Rules

The school really wants parents to drop the kids off and get out of the building quickly and they’re starting to get pushy about it. I’m the only parent who stays by their kid’s side in the cafeteria where the kindergarteners and first-graders wait for their teachers. Today I left Zak before the teacher got there and he took it about how you’d expect.

I swear though, if one more teacher had applauded me for leaving my crying son in a heap on the floor as I was walking out of the building I would have addressed them in language not fit for an elementary school…