BEING AVERAGE.....
Continuing comments about school.... When my daughter was 4 years old I was sent a " convocation" to see her kindergarten teacher. This is basically a " summons"... I cancelled classes, appointments, and was at the school door at 4 30 sharp to see the teacher. On the way there I was imagining all sorts of things...was she being bullied, was there a health problem, was she fighting, was she mute, had they detected a hearing or visual related problem, ringworm...? I sat waiting for the teacher feeling the same kind of anguish I'd felt as a school girl outside the headmistress's office. I was duly called and went in.. "Madame, thank you for coming. I have summoned you here today because ( wait for this!!.. .) your daughter can't trace her w's." Being "me" I burst out laughing and looked around the room for hidden cameras. Is this some kind of joke, I asked. The teacher in question turned red and said that indeed it was not. B...