All posts tagged High School

Looking Backwards..just for a second

My son is starting a program at the local Technical College on Monday to get a jump start on completion of his high school diploma, so that he can finish high school a year early. I don’t know about you – – but I know I wasn’t that motivated to enter adulthood at that age. But he’s a different sort of individual, really – he just kind of blazes his own trail. Always has, even …

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Back to school

Quote of the day? “freshmen are the most annoying…. things. i swear they get more and more cocky every year” This bit of wisdom is brought to you by a teenage girl who is 2 whole days into her sophmore year of high school. Heh. I’ve been under the weather. Down and out. Sick and tired (literally sick and tired). I’m behind on email. I apologize. Tonight is my mass-emailing night to get myself caught …

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The Big Dance

The Big Dance Originally uploaded by LSRN94. My daughter’s first big dance at high school. We found the CUTEST polka dot dress, and would you believe it had a little crinoline petticoat underneath? How VERY 1950′s! Quite a few dresses in the shops had them – crinoline must be the new mini? You’d think she’d smile?

Exams

Today marks the first day of semester finals for my kids. Needless to say, there’s been a LOT of cramming and studying going around in this house this past week. Everything from Biology, Earth Science, Global Studies, CISCO, VBasic, US History and Algebra. It’s kind of a cool re-education process for me – especially the Algebra. Ugh! I can’t even begin to tell you how MUCH I hated that class when I was in high …

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