We drive past the local elementary school every day on the way to and from work. Like most schools, this one has a sign out front with those little slide-in letters where the schools post informative messages like when report cards are going out and when picture day is. For the past probably two weeks the message on the sign has read:

SOL Testing
May 5-16

Every time I read that message, I get excited that the community is supporting soil testing. Every. Single. Time.

I mean, soil testing is just so important!!! And hardly anyone seems to do it!!! And I’ve even got a few sample boxes in my backpack that I picked up at MG classes!!! I read that sign and think to myself, “WOW! That is just SO COOL that they are doing soil tests at the elementary school!!!!!!”

Then I have a Homer Simpson moment when I remember it’s SOL not SOIL testing. And then I get really sad. Not only because they aren’t doing soil testing but because they are spending two weeks doing stupid, counter-productive, evil, nasty, yucky SOL testing. And I start to get depressed about Anya going to public school with all the testing crap. There is a local co-op type school I think I may look into. If I have to be working, I should be able to divert some of my income to putting Anya in a happier school.