Apparent Parents
Apparent Parents
Let me share with you today some actual notes sent to teachers at public schools from parents in one northeastern Pennsylvania school district:
"Dear School: Please ackuse [sic] John for being absent January 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33."
"I kept Billy Home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I didn't know what size she wear."
"My son is under the doctor's care and should not take P.E. Please execute [sic] him."
"Please excuse Joyce from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday she fell out of a tree and misplaced her hip."
"Please excuse Jimmy from being. It was his father's fault."
It is apparent that some parents are apparently not good parents - at least not at the task of writing school excuses!
Former President George Herbert Walker Bush was asked this question, "What is your greatest accomplishment in life?" President Bush might have mentioned his success during World War II as a Navy pilot. He might have called to mind his eight years as Vice President under Ronald Reagan. He might have mentioned his own successful presidency. He might have spoken of his time as the head of the CIA, or of his years as U.S. Ambassador to China. He could have bragged about his success during Operation Desert Storm. But, when answering this question, President Bush revealed his heart as well as his priorities when he said, "My greatest accomplishment is ... my children." And he said that before W became President.
Whether parents can write excellent school excuses is not nearly as important as their ability to rightly rear excellent children.