For this entry I'm going to channel Andy Rooney. Stay with me. You ever wonder why people wear the t-shirts they do? I've been thinking about this since Thursday. Thursday and Friday were picture days at school . Just about every boy decided to "dress up" in his finest t-shirt. I saw two t-shirts that had pictures of those large hip hop chains...one of them actually had rhinestones to represent the bling. Of course, a few Spongebob shirts (gotta love the Spongebob!). I even saw one kid with an evil Spongebob shirt. Is nothing sacred in this world anymore? How could someone make Spongebob evil? Anyway, the best and worst t-shirt worn said "Enough With The Learning Already." This shirt made me laugh, but it also made me want to cry. I'm hoping the boy was wearing the shirt because he understood the humor and irony in it...not that he was sick of learning. I wonder if I'm being too philosophical by analyzing the meaning behind this shirt. Could be he was wearing it because it was the only clean shirt around. Or maybe he was wearing it because he indeed wanted to send the message, enough with the learning already. Maybe he was telling us, let me be a kid for a while why don't you! Are kids burned out with the learning? Are we pushing them too much, too fast? Are we giving them enough opportunities to just be kids? Are all the assessments we administer to kids getting out of hand? These are good questions (if I do say so myself). Hopefully, we can make sure kids are learning the skills they need to have a successful future AND also give them plenty of opportunities to have fun so they won't grow up to be Republicans. Just kidding. I'm sure Republicans have tons of fun. ;)