I went to Ian’s after school night. I got there a few minutes early, so I picked out a seat in the gym right next to the door, just in case I needed to make a sudden and strategic dash out of the place. There’s only so much "we’re a community of learners" crap that I can stomach before I feel the need to hurl.

I checked out the other parents. Ian is bussed to a school in a different town, which has better services for his needs. So, I haven’t seen any of the other parents before. All new faces. They all seemed to know each other at this school. Air kiss. Air kiss. I played around with my cell phone to waste time. Some class differences between this town and mine. The moms’ hair was professionally streaked, unlike the parents at Jonah’s school who just pour the Clairol on their scalp every few weeks.

And boy, everybody looked old. Wow, everybody was, like, 40 or something. Wait! So, am I. Sometimes I forget.

Lots of hoopla in the blogosphere about this teacher who assigned homework assignments to the parents. I’m with all the commenters at Unfogged, who advocated the use of violence on this man.

Amy P has been forwarding me links to education posts this past week and is chomping at the bit for a good education discussion. Let’s help her out.

This is an OPEN RANTING THREAD about education.