Oh, to send my children to school with Japanese children

I walked the oldest into his classroom this morning. So many children there were hacking, runny-nosed, and obviously under the weather that I nearly turned him around and walked him right back out. Alas, unless he is sick, it would count as an unexcused absence. So there I left him.

In light of the current situation in his sickroom, I mean classroom, I find this idea to be sheer

genius
noun
Extraordinary intellectual and creative power.
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