Jim,
I have plenty of butt so when you have had enough tell her I can't afford liposuction so chew away. Wish I had a good answer to a bad situation. I never realized how much politics were involved in teaching until I taught. Won't go there again. I discovered that I really don't like people in general, just a few individuals.
I am not happy with our public schools here. School has been in session less than 2 weeks and we have: 1 black eye, being slammed into lockers, fist fight over place in line, stolen homework and backpack (2 separate incidents) and my being told that they are 'working' on it. No one will return my calls or emails so I am going to have to take a day off from work to deal with them.
I would just call it quits but for lack of other education options and I can't homeschool them. I would but they are too young to stay home by themselves while I work my day job. Currently I just supplement with additional subjects on the weekend and evenings. Every vacation is just an opportunity to eduate...museums are one of my favorites, we try to hit all the major parks and sites, next year we are doing the Capitol or road trip to see things like Grand Canyon, Mt Rushmore and such.
Peggy,
Sheep???? Surely you meant goats. Goats rule.