I went to the Middle School basketball game tonight because my daughter was playing in the pep band. The basketball team lost, but the band won. Of course, they were playing unopposed, which helped them pull it out in the 4th quarter.
Anyway, on my way out of the gym after the game, I saw a flyer on the gym door listing "exploratory" classes available to the children. I'm not sure what the exact pupose of these courses were, but I certainly don't think "Board games and how to play them" is a suitable subject for school. "Tanagrams" does help develop an eye for spatial relationships, but does it deserve a class of it's own? Then again, they could take the class on "Trivia" which will come in handy if they're picked for the syndicated version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" It really is a good course; it covers Disney and the Wizard of Oz.
But my favorite has to be, and I'm not making this up, "History of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle."
I think I've discovered why Johnny can't read; between Intramural Basketweaving and "How to Balance your Checkbook" they ran out of time to teach him how.