Smrt Lernins

The Tank goes to a Methodist preschool. A half-mile down the road is a Catholic private school. Both schools have carpool at the same time.

Today, it was raining pretty heavily as I dropped the Tank off. The carpool line stretched around the building, as only one car fits under the covered awning at a time. The other teachers working carpool mostly stood around looking disgruntled at the weather and how long it took to get everyone through carpool. The teacher removing the child from the car had to have at least a minimum of dialogue with the parent, of course, and a little chat with the child as the teacher proceeded through the unbuckling process with more cheer than haste.

After dropping off the Tank, I drove past the Catholic school. This carpool line was moving at its normal rate of speed, aided by a half-dozen teachers in, I kid you not, matching rain ponchos and umbrellas. In a perfectly coordinated dance, they managed to remove children from about four cars at a time, shuttling them into the building and keeping the line moving.

There you go, folks. The difference, in a nutshell, between Catholics and Methodists. The difference between Baptists and Methodists is that Methodists make eye contact and wave when they run into each other at the liquor store.