Hello everyone,
Sorry for the delay. This back to school stuff in August is a lot more difficult then I thought!
Which leads me to the topic of the day..what happened to childhood??!!
Last night while I was attending back to school night for Lena I kept asking myself this question. As I met with her 6 different teachers and found out that yes, 2 hours every night of homework is what is expected. With 4 honors classes its about College prep and high test scores! And yes, the Spanish class she is currently taking DOES count for college credit!! I sat in awe. College in 7th grade? Part of me wanted to just roll myself in a ball and rock myself to sleep. How does Lena do it? Have I gone too far?
See when I was in 7th grade, the only thing I was worried about is how to get my hands on another pair of ESPRIT pants and who liked who. Back then college wasn't even a discussion! Junior high was a time to just start getting use to the teenage body and hormones which seemed to change every day.
When I had my kids I knew I wanted to stress the importance of education but by putting such a stress on it, has the innocence and joy of just being a kid been lost??
I know there HAS to be some sort of middle ground, right?
For this blog, I don't have the answer or a happy ending..just me going home and having a piña colada on the rocks hoping I'm doing the right thing.
Love and raspberries,
L
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