Monday already

Oh man, is it Monday again? What happened to my weekend? This is now the second week of school. This is when the work starts. Last week was spent finding classrooms, meeting teachers and just gathering the numerous supplies that each teacher said were "must haves".

I'm about to put up a stink! My 7th grade daughter has to have a 6 inch ruler, not a 12 inch ruler, a soft white eraser, not a pink or colorful eraser, a 2 inch binder for almost every class, not a 1 1/2 inch!! College ruled paper, scientific calculator, drum sticks, mallets and practice pad, Mechanical pencils, not regular pencils, and lots of them, dividers and book covers, science journals, PE clothes, locks for lockers, lunch, money for pictures, yearbook, PTC, Band and it's only been a week! It's making me crazy! How many 2 inch binders do they think these kids can fit in their backpacks?? Plus, we already have 1 inch and 1 1/2 inch binders she could use...but NOOOOO!! Stupid CUSD!

I keep asking myself WHY? Why do they have so many nit-picking rules? My son had to cut his hair, again, because it went below his earlobe and touched his collar. The other rule that ticks my ticker has to do with wearing shorts. You are only allowed to wear shorts to school between day light savings time in the spring until day light savings time in the fall. It doesn't matter if it's 100 degrees after that, you can't wear shorts to school. The bigger WHY question I ask is WHY do we do this? Why do we want to attend these schools? Am I the ONLY one who gets ticked off at these ridiculous rules? I'm the first to admit that I have issues with authority, I cannot stand being or feeling controlled by stupid people. I know that not all the CUSD people are stupid, this is just me ranting and raving but really, how much of a distraction is one inch of hair? I doubt that all the kids in my son's class are going to stop listening to the teacher and stare at my son's hair because they can't see his earlobe! I also think that the parents and students should be able to make the decision to wear shorts or not. If a kid wants to wear shorts to school and it's 52 degrees outside, they will probably decide to wear pants the next day. Most parents don't let their kids go to school dressed inappropriately....I'm talking elementary school here.
But then again...there must be something about these rules because the school district is one of the very best! They still have their music and sports and drama clubs and teams. They still have their teachers and their programs. They must be doing something right, but does it really have anything to do with hair and shorts?

I think I feel better now. Venting usually helps.