Bad school pictures The apathy in this country never ceases to amaze me.  And I realize that it might be hard for someone who doesn’t know me to make the jump from a bad school photo to all the troubles of the world, but hang with me for a moment.  My daughter had her picture taken by the school photographer this year.  We didn’t used to do this because Daniel is a photographer and the pictures are much better etc etc.  However, as the kids have aged, not getting your picture taken has become a social faux pas.  So we’ve sucommed to our childrens’ peer pressure and indulged them. What a complete waste of money.  The only upshot of Danae’s picture this year is that we didn’t buy many of them.  This is Danae’s photo for fourth grade: What adult doesn’t help her push her headband up? Or help her comb her bangs down where they belong?   What about  families who can’t afford pictures and this is all they get all year long?  I was incensed and enraged.   And for me it immediately come back to people not caring, and not taking the time.  When we were little, or perhaps, I should say, when I [...]