Earlier tonight I went to the parent's portion of freshman orientation at the high schoool. It was pretty much a waste of time. Granted, I've done this three times before, but this one took the cake.  The principal spoke for 40 minutes, mostly reiterating things that were in the provided handout and will be in the student handbook. He could have talked for 10 minutes, and referred folks to the handout and accomplished as much.

And we wonder why our kids complain about the presentation skills of their teachers. After tonight, I have now doubt that in our high school, it's modeled behavior.