Fourth-grader Quentin Ferrer had this backpack, right? You’d like it, I’d like it – hell, it’s a rad backpack. But problem is, this backpack has the above graphic on it, and when you’re in fourth grade, it kind of draws attention to you.

So, read the link below for the blow-by-blow details of the story, but basically, the school told him he can’t have it. Quentin’s father disagrees and says the school district’s dress code is too vague, so how was anyone to know it’s inappropriate to have a woman with a loose bra strap on a fourth-grader’s backpack?

Ugh…hardcopy. What is this, the 80′s?

How many times have we personally, at work or home, gone digital with something instead of jotting it down on a sheet of paper? Do you note phone numbers, leave yourself reminders and even manage grocery lists on your smartphone? You’re not alone – your kid’s starting to do these things too. As a society, we’ve moved away from handwriting, in favor organizational smartphones, iPads and netbooks. Personally, if someone had a gun to my head and told me I had to write my own ransom note, I don’t think I’d be able to find a sheet of paper and a pen.

Now that your kids have been back to school for about a month, it’s time to sit back and say “thank god.“ You’ve got some me-time on your hands now if you’re a stay-at-home or work-at-home parent, and your kids are off learning helpful stuff like how to color within the lines, sing the national anthem in unison and march in a straight line. If they’re a little older, they might already be learning advanced skills like rifle marksmanship and how to spot a dissident in a crowd. Admittedly, I haven’t been to school in awhile, so I don’t know if the curriculum has changed.

Recently, the Wall Street Journal rehashed a story about how kids that actively refuse school ultimately end up as 40-year old basement-dwelling bags of crap. Here’s the quick facts on kids that experience “school-refusal”, from different studies done on children over long periods of time (according to WSJ’s research): They are almost three times as likely to develop depression later on (than those without the school-based anxiety disorder). 20 to 29 years later they received more psychiatric treatment than the general population. Years later, they drank alcohol more often and were more likely to use marijuana than those whose disorders had resolved. And finally, they were more likely to make fear-fueled choices that can have longterm effects, such as selecting a less-rigorous college or a less challenging career. And all this meant that ultimately, the children were more likely to end up back at home (if they managed to leave in the first place), and back on mommy and daddy’s couch.

Think about that for a second before you invent an illness to excuse your child from school. If you think you’ve got no privacy now, imagine what it will be like in your golden years when you’ve still got to worry about your kid hearing you hump.

Yes, I just totally made you think about old people humping. My job here is done.

Sauce: WSJ

“You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car – hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they’ll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father.”

You know what. And trust me when I say I’d never thought I’d say this. Keanu Reeves is right.