[SpookBrat]

Thanks for your great comments. I have not sat down in 2 1/2 days. I'm so tired I'm sick to my stomach, therefore, I have not been able to keep up with this thread. I will come back to it and print it out. I read all the input and everyone is amazing. FReepers are the smartest people.

[.30Carbine]

Dear Spookbrat,

I first sinned when I made very large assumptions based on very little information at the opening of this thread. Please tell your daughter that .30Carbine is a good example of what happens when one assumes things. I made a donkey of myself and I sinned against a friend, a mom who is doing everything in her power to protect her daughter from the evils of this world and to raise her up in the way that she should go.

What I did was wrong.

I came into this thread with passionate feelings surrounding public education and extrapolated them onto a situation where they were grossly inappropriate. I humbly beseech your forgiveness. Will you please forgive my arrogance, my ignorance, and my misdirected and inappropriate anger?

I have nothing but respect for a mother who cares so sacrificially for her daughter.