Editor’s note: Nobody could say it better than former SUN editor Karl Isberg. The following editorial was printed in October 2012.
It’s that time of the year.
School is back in session, the kids are in class and a familiar beast is sure to rear its ugly head. The parent beast is set to emerge from summer shelter and ravage the countryside.
Problems in the classroom?
Too early for the beast. When the time is right, though, the beast will stalk teachers and administrators demanding justice for little Timmy or Sue. Little Timmy and Sue will be guiltless, but they have yet to be picked on enough for the beast to charge.
Discipline problems?
Too early. The tried-and-true delinquents are hard at work in district buildings, as always, but there is little parental blowback when it comes to these veterans. It takes a couple months for the big guns to swing into action, when perfect children are unjustly accused of improper behavior.
No, the beast comes out of its den first in response to other school activities.
In particular, sports. And the beastly nastiness continues in one form or another until year’s end.
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