Back To The Classroom For NYC Public School Kids

Today, the 1.1 million students in NYC's public school system return to class, making it the unofficial "Parents Liberation Day." Indeed, parents told NY1, "I'm excited because my son, you know, the summer was basically recreation all day long and it's just time for him to get back into that groove of his education," and "I'm happy. So happy to get them out of the house." Of course, one looming issue—besides tests, tests and more tests that may not even help the kids prepare for college—is swine flu, though the city says its ready to combat that. Gotham Schools is liveblogging Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's five-borough school tour: At PS 111 in Long Island City—where Mayor Bloomberg, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, and principals union president Ernest Logan are also on hand—students "seem 'stunned and clearly irritated' by the gaggle of 20-odd reporters and photographers outside the door."

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these little fucks outside my window, screaming and talking loud, these little fucks. shtty parents raising them in manhattan. these shitty little fucks outside my window apparently this parking lot is a schools backyard nobody fuckin told me

Welcome to fucking New York City. Let me guess, your broker conveniently neglected to tell you that little fact.

i didn't have a broker, i fucking hate them

Hooray, the buses will be even more fucked up again!

Buses? Try the subway. Those rugrats began infesting and crowding the cars early. Man, it was such bliss the last couple of months. I actually got a seat a few times while riding to work.

Avoid all subways starting @ 2:30 this afternoon, ending next spring. Marauding packs of future Riker's inmates will be cutting their eye teeth tormenting taxpayers...

I'm a children's librarian and am bracing myself for the amount of kids that are gonna come barreling out of school and straight into my library!

PS-I'm wearing all black to mark the occasion.

Try driving. With all the school bus stops it takes forever to get anywhere.

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