I needed to look on this Elementary School website today for something at work, and what I saw really cracked me up–this school is using a Grateful Dead Bear as its “Bruin” mascot on the website. As one of my co-workers said, “the bear is dancing like he accepted one of those brownies.”
I can’t help but wonder whether the person who did this is some hippie public school teacher am (not unlikely) or has just been living under a rock for 30 years and thought this was just a cute little bear with a flower. Either way, its not saying a whole lot for our public school teachers. Although, I’ll admit, I hope that its the first option, because if whoever created this website is that stupid, its a little scary.
I wonder if this school has a copy of Jerry Garcia’s kids book, A Teddy Bear Picnic, in their library. If not, I almost want to send them a copy.
Anyway, it made me laugh, something I desperately needed at work today.