Never count what counts.

credit: SchoolCal

Today, my bad, I decided to do some math: how much does it costs, for real, my kid’s school?

Calendar at hand, I started counting. Lessons began 4 months ago, but with festivities, events and various illnesses caused by – that’s the paradox – going to school (did you know that statistically children in kindergarden get 1 virus per week?) these are, in reality, the actual days my son spent in the class:

September: 12 days; October: 15 days; November: 11 days, December: 6 days. It’s unbelievable. Total is 44 days, that is 1 month plus 13 days. Instead of 4.

If I consider that the monthly rate for a private school (and we are talking about kindergarden!) is like a studio flat rent, it’s easy for me to realize that in the end, 44 days of school cost like a luxury penthouse. Absurd, a legal robbery.

Then I take out the hands from my hairs, turn off the calculator, throw off the calendar and realize a big truth: if you don’t want to hurt yourself, never count what counts.