Nella Vita di School Days

Today is the first day of school for Charlottesville and Albermarle. Except when I get stuck behind a school bus that goes 20 under the speed limit and stops at every other driveway picking up the lazy little brats, I like seeing the school kids in the morning. Sometimes they wave to me and I'll wave back and make them feel special. Sometimes they are standing at the end of driveways I never really noticed were even there. Sometimes I purposely drive into puddles to splash them.

This morning, because I was running late, the younger kids had already been picked up and the high schoolers were out waiting for the bus. Of the 20 plus kids I saw this morning, about half of them didn't have backpacks. I couldn't believe it. I realize it's the first day of school, so there probably won't be homework, but really? You're going to start the year completely unprepared. No notebooks? No pens? No calculator? Nothing?!?! I mean could you honestly try any harder not to care about school. Short of not showing up at all? Why even bother. I doubt any of the kids I saw are geniuses that can absorb all they are taught through osmosis. How do you expect to do well without even the most basic of supplies? Forget about doing well, how do expect to do decent? I was just dumbfounded and saddened at the future of humanity. Perhaps tomorrow I'll throw notebooks at them in the hopes they use them!