Wings and Roots

College..
They start talking about it in Middle School. When my son was in 6th or 7th grade, one of the teachers at back-to-school nite started rattling off the whole course load our children would be required to take for the “college track” through their senior year in HS. If they didn’t follow that track, well, they might as well just drop out now. All I could think was, “college? college? He’s still a baby!” It is all a little too much, especially in Middle School, where they even let some kids take the SAT’s. As my son said, why would someone want to take the SAT before they have to?

The whole college thing comes soon enough without starting so early. Before you know it, guidance counselors are talking about AP, PSAT, SAT, ACT, SAT2, FAFSA, CSS. There is no need to hurry our children along even more. The most important thing is that they enjoy themselves and be kids as long as they can.

More about our “college” experience in future posts. Stay tuned…