Tag: high school
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Back From “States”
Hey, I was gone again. You missed me. I missed you, too, just as I missed writing for you and reading your stuff for the past 3 days while I was out of town and busy watching my kids and their team-mates participate in the 2015 PIAA High School Swimming Championships. It’s kind of a…
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Miss Me? Well, I’m Back…(with a football update and more)
…whether you missed me or not. Is it a positive thing that The Blog feels like a responsibility, one I’ve been shirking over the past week or so? I’m thinking that it is, even if I have good reasons (excuses) that I’ll appropriate in the coming days for content here at Old Road Apples, in…
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Local Football Playoffs–An Update
I’ve been talking about the local high school football team a lot over the past two months–it’s been an exciting year, watching kids I’ve known since preschool and kindergarten compete like the fine young men they’ve become, and I feel compelled to keep you informed. Just in case. There was a considerable supply of joy…
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What It Takes To Drive To School
If I decide to let my kid take the truck to school, we’ll need to do this….I’m giving the administration the benefit of a doubt by assuming this is a practical lesson on the prevalence and absurdity of petty bureaucracy run amok. When I was in school the process was: 1.) Drive to school 2.)…