A parent test??

I am beginning to think that all people should have to pass a test before they become parents...

I was teaching preschool the other day, and this little boy and his sister were still waiting for a ride at 3:40 (she was out at 3:15 and he was out at 3:30). So, I took them to the office. The secretary found a number for the parents and called (this took time because many of the numbers were disconnected).

She told the father that the kids were waiting to be picked up (by this time it was 3:50 - 35 minutes after school got out! He said he'd be there in a minute. I was going to head home since she was still in the office. I turned around and there stood the dad. He was literally there in 30 seconds!

The secretary asked him where he had been. He just smiled at her and kind of ignored her (there is also a language barrier here). In the end, we found out he had been sitting in his truck at the corner of the street since school was let out. He watched all the other kids get out and go to their cars and get picked up. When he apparently didn't see his children waiting he just sat there. He didn't apparently think of coming in to see where they were.

I was dumbfounded!!!

Nothing surprises me anymore.