Who among us still have those re-occurring dreams ( more like nightmares ) where you can’t find your classroom , or don’t remember the combination to your locker , or worst yet, taking an exam that might as well be in Japanese? I do, I do!! But I was always relieved when I realized it was all a dream. Even during the dream, I would pray to god it was only a dream. Now, though, I’m wondering if it wasn't really a premonition…. Just when you thought it was over, all the hours stressing over homework and grades, swearing that school was the worst thing EVER ! It’s BAAAACK ! I am here to reaffirm that school IS the worst thing ever! I am totally stressed, and that’s just with the 4th grade work. My oldest (6th grader) just informed me that WE have a project due in two weeks on Greek mythology. "'We', meaning your class," I hesitantly asked, hoping it came across as an obvious rhetorical clarification. But NOOO, " we " meant the " we" in the...
Everyone goes through "stages" or "chapters' in their lives, whether its wanting to move out of the city and buy a farm, or learn to roller blade and lose those unwanted pounds, or join a book club or bridge club and become more "rounded", or sign up for that design class you were always sorry you didn't pursue. Sometimes these stages present themselves without effort and we consider it "meant to be". And yet sometimes it just HAS to be...