After the first week of class, with the red folder and its homework assignment showing up in Mr. B.’s Superman backpack every afternoon, it’s clear that this is not his father’s elementary school.
For one thing the folder has a behavior page stapled in the front of it with three smilie faces (rather, one smilie and two frownies) for each school day. The yellow smilie is labeled "Super Day, as expected." The blue frownie is tagged "Warning," and the purple frownie’s wording is "Conference needed." So far, five days into the program, Mr. B has had only yellow smilies.
I’m glad they didn’t do this when I was in grade school. I might have been in trouble at home almost every afternoon instead of only at report card time.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 