WE'RE AS MAD AS HELL, AND NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE

Yes, it was a tremendous turnout at the open house at my son's school yesterday. I couldn't help but notice the difference between the turnout here in the suburbs and the turnout we used to have in the city. Here, the room was packed. In the city, open house was always so quiet. My son's second grade glass has 25 students and 1 teacher. That is a number I would have seen in the city. So, here, with my expensive taxes and involved families, the class size is still not much different then the city. So, why do so many of us think that the schools are better out here. I have yet to see any clear evidence that education, at least in my burb is superior to the city. We have good teachers, but we also have not so good teachers. We have good schools and bad schools. Perhaps because I have had to be involved much more than most parents to advocate for one child that has special needs, but I'm mad as hell! I wanted so much more from the burbs, and the burbs let me down. Perhaps my expectations were too high? Perhaps, all of us need to get used to a new reality of lower expectations. Perhaps the definition of happiness is having a lower expectation threshold. The weekend is coming, for now the sky is blue, can we all look forward to the happiness of low expectations to come.