I should be tearing my clothes in mourning and gnashing my teeth in torment: my son, a junior in high school, is failing English. Failing badly–or maybe failing superbly. At this writing, his average is like most adults’ ages, a 30-something. Instead of crying from the rooftops, though, I am going to bat for him [...]
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Square Peg, Round Hole: Who Loses?
Posted in Family, Heavy Thoughts, Kids, School on May 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Success vs. Winning
Posted in Heavy Thoughts, Kids, School on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I ran into one of the successful mothers at my daughter’s school the other day; I gauge her to be successful because she is employed full time, likes her job, her kids, and her husband, has a college degree and dresses well. She is also thinner, younger, and prettier than me. She asked me how [...]
