School's Out
Alice Cooper
In the next few weeks I will be graduating from high school....for the fourth time. My last child will be leaving the high school system and moving on to the next stage. It brings me to the end of, I hate to say it, an era. Three kids, multiple high schools, junior high and elementary school, pre-school, tutors, school trips, plays, concerts, PAC meetings, ceremonies, school BBQ's, fees, lost library books, photos, sports days, PD days.
No more onslaught of forms and more forms in September. No more reminders from teachers about lost or late assignments. No more fund raising requests. When I answer the phone at 6pm I will no longer hear "This is such and such secondary calling, please hold. A child named....was absent from in the following blocks .....".
While I am very much looking forward to the change, I will miss being connected to the school community, the feeling that I was still part of my childrens' lives, that I still had some control of where there were and what they were learning; some influence over their day. I was able to speak directly with the teachers about their work. All that is over. They are all now in the position where the control is handed over to them. Any information that I might feel I need or want would have to filter through them only at their permission.
Happy, sad, nostalgic, feeling triumphant. I am so very proud of my kids. They showed up. They did me proud. We made it. We all made it despite all the shit thrown at us over the years. Way to go kids! Let's celebrate! We've earned it!
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