Ever since I was elected in absentia as treasurer of the Association des Parents d'Elèves of Montcabrier, I've harbored a secret dread of Sebastian's school. I still love it on the whole – the kids are wonderful and mostly well behaved, and "La Maitresse" has done her job in instilling in Sebastian an almost ravenous love of reading (in addition to a healthy fear of misspelling). But now that I am involved in something of an Official Capacity, I can no longer hide from the gritty details of s...