I Just Read On MSN.com That Some Parents Of Kindergarten Aged Kids Have Been Sending Them To Tutors

I guess that this blog has kind of morphed into a social commentary on the practices of the people of the DR. Here's a beauty. School started yesterday, the 17th of August. If you live in the US, you know how exciting it is to go to school the first day, with your new supplies, shoes, and notebooks. It's a tradition. Here they have another tradition. In the country ranked in the bottom 20 for primary education in the world, the tradition is to not send your kids to school during the first week. Maybe go for one or two days out of the first 5, maybe not. The parents, most of whom don't give a shit about their children's education figure that nothing much is going to be taught the first week, so why bother sending them