In my Chicago 2009 recap, I spoke about how great those moments are when you know you've made your parents proud. Today, I'm on the other end of one of those moments. I just dropped HayHay off at Elgin High to complete the testing portion of her Gifted Academy application. I am so proud of her on many levels, but none more than for having the courage to apply for this very exclusive High School program. If she is accepted, it means changing High Schools, making new friends and 4 long hard years of study. That's an awfully big commitment for a 14 year old girl. She made this choice and I'm proud of her for challenging herself to be her best.
We got first semester reports cards last week too and all the punks made us proud. All A's and B's for the boys despite Jared's new "I don't like school" attitude and Sean's struggle to concentrate when it's homework time....Haley brought home 4 A + and 3 A's. (The A's included Gym and rotation which was Cooking in semester 1) Not too shabby. Good thing they got their grandparents smarts.
For the record, I'm a nervous wreck watching the time slowly tick. I hope Hay is doing well and keeping her cool. 3 1/2 hours to go...I did stare down some of the other kids taking the test to throw them off their game and promised not to stand at the window, knock and give thumbs up throughout the morning. Sean told Haley to "kick their slimy butts" on the way out the door. I hope she does....
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Bet she did fine. The important thing is that she's interested in learning--where she does that isn't as important as how...and she seems well on her way in that regard.
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