Excuse me teacher, what's the date?

By my calendar we're only in late July, but as far as TV is concerned, Summer is over...

On 3 separate occasions in the past two days I have seen 'BACK TO SCHOOL" ads on TV. Granted all 3 were on American TV feeds and all were for K-Mart, but c'mon now.... It's only July 26th here!

I'm sorry but this is just NOT acceptable.

While I am a fan of the Staples back-to-School ads, it's JUST NOT TIME YET! Can we just make it to the 2nd week or so of August before we're blasted with these ads?

I don't know who's more upset by these early ads?:

-Teachers? ("Yea, that's right etches, start doubling your anti-depressant meds, the brats are coming back soon...")

-The Parents? ("Yea, that's right etches, come give us all your money for over-priced SpongeBob Squarpants and Dora the Explorer and Harry Potter and Bratz labelled pencil cases and duotangs and binders and knapsacks and and and...")

- The Kids? ("Yea, that's right etches, kiss your summer good bye and get ready for 10 more months of readin', ritin' n 'rithmatic")

or...
-Misster-Kitty (Yea that's right betch, get used to seeing these commercials 10 times an hour til the middle of September")

My guess is it's a lose-lose-lose-lose situation here.