Curriculum Night

Curriculum night at Ben's school was last night. Joel expressed interest in going, so we agreed that he would go while I stayed home with the kids. He was under strict orders to pay careful attention so that he could report back to me on everything. He seemed to take this responsibility pretty seriously, even offering to take notes, which I told him was not necessary as long as he promised to pay attention.

So, as one might by now have guessed, he came home from Curriculum Night totally confused and not having paid much attention at all apparently (choosing instead, he admitted, to spend most of the time wondering why Ben's teacher is unmarried). He said Ben's homework schedule was so complicated that he had no idea what his teacher was talking about for most her explanation, found Ben's daily schedule to be utterly bewildering, and signed me up to volunteer in the classroom while neglecting to write down which day he'd signed me up for.

I told him he's not allowed to go to Curriculum Night any more to which he replied, "Don't you know I'm not good in classroom settings?"