They must put stupid drops in the water here

The other day after story time the library was full of parents and little ones. I overheard one mother engaged in a heated discussion about education and parental rights. Her position is that as a parent she has the right to oversee her child's education, even if that means that she ends up doing the teaching herself. Because she is very, very, deeply concerned about her children and what they learn. It is her responsibility. It is her right.

I had to interrupt this conversation of deep, deep parental concern to inform her that her children (ages 2 and 4) had in fact left the library and were now trying to rush out into the busy parking lot.

Then I went back to my desk and wept for the future.

On a happier note, have just made plans to watch my boyfriend in Amazing Grace this weekend with Cicada. He will restore my faith in the future with his nobleness and his slavery-abolishing ways and those beautiful dark curls that rest just so on his forehead.

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