Maybe we're worrying about the wrong things

Right now our school is in the middle of a big budget crisis. Maybe, instead of worrying about the budget, we should be worrying about the quality of the what we're currently paying for instead. Last December I was disturbed by the fact that the new Technology teacher sent home a newsletter with seven typos in the first article. Yesterday Hannah brought home her report card and under the "Writing" portion of the report card the school misspelled the word beginning. As in, "The student writes with a clear beginnig, middle and end."

Now I'm sure some would argue that if we had more money for the schools and the teachers weren't so overworked and underpaid then we'd have fewer mistakes like this in the school. I would argue that you can't ask for more money when you're currently giving us poor quality service. That's like the person at work who comes in late, leaves early, and takes a 3 hour lunch asking for a raise. Show us you deserve the money.

On the plus side, Hannah had another great report card. My favorite comment this term was "Hannah's comprehension skills are naturally strong due to her love for literature and varied taste in genres."

I have to admit though that Hannah getting high marks from a school that can't even spell the word beginning right is sort of like winning an "I Spy" game against a blind person.