Back To School

When I say "back-to-school," I mean back, all the way to last June.  It was then, readers of my regular blog may recall, that my teen daughter Anna pulled off what seemed to be the stupendous feat of completing an entire quarter of Geometry in one week (she's homeschooled) in order to attend the youth group workcamp she had been looking forward to.

"Seemed to be" are the key words here, if you didn't know that already.

We returned home from vacation today to find that she managed to pull a whoppingly low 54 percent for that quarter.  And the people who graded her papers aren't willing to settle for 54 percent (that's what I pay them for, to crack that whip).  So Anna gets to start school a whole week early this year, redoing all those Geometry tests.  I'm dreading it already.

All I can say is, the people in Nebraska understand how we parents of teens can feel at times.  God bless 'em.

Comments

[the planet of janet]

um. do you supposed it would be ok if i just drove to nebraska tonight and dropped off mine?

[Daisy]

Quality, not speed, is a strong lesson.

[Sylvia]

If they are giving a route for mothers to say "I can't cope" then more power to them.

I can't tell if it's intentional or not. I hope it is. Most of us wouldn't give up our children, of course.

But if you knew your child would be better off outside of your household? I really don't think we should be arguing.

[Jenn @ Juggling Life]

It made me think of a few teens I know who could turn the tables on their parents and abandon them.

[suburbancorrespondent]

Gosh, jenn, I hope you aren't talking about me! I'm sure Anna would love to get rid of me.

[Debbie]

You think they could extend that age limit to 20 or 23? Or maybe just go by maturity level?

[Minnesota Matron]

Oh, too bad for Anna!! The Matron may move to Nebraska on a bad day here. . .