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Category Archives: high school

Wow. Frank took some time off from posting new secrets over the holidays. He finally posted today and there are a bunch of really good ones!
My “favourite” includes three Post Secrets.

Immediate reaction: chuckle.
Keep in mind though laughter is actually tied into shock, surprise.
My teenage son is a student driver and the last thing I need [...]

Spouse and I went to the high school parent open house Thursday night. Spouse was crotchety. Most of the teachers seemed excellent. One or two tried too hard but they only have 10 minutes to do their whole spiel.
And we are full into having classes transfer to college credit and taking the [...]

Just took a lovely walk. Temps are up around 30 degrees, the moon through the fluffy clouds is nearly full and has a dream-like quality to it. Then I came home and promptly had a falling out with spouse about younger son missing Scholastic Bowl. Spouse always seems to assume son is guilty and I [...]

My heart felt very heavy today.
Last night my big, strapping 15 y.o. son broke down in tears as he recounted taking an Advanced Chemistry exam after a prolonged absence due to the flu mixed with two school snow-closure days and he took it on the same day as two other major exams.
There was an equation [...]

One of the highlights of my day is when my 15 y.o. son gets in from school and we do his “debriefing.” I know that term conjures military-think but I tend to see it in the light of when I first heard it as a child–when the first astronauts came back from the moon and [...]