| Well, in our family it was my Vibram-soled bootprint, but you have it pretty close. The trick is to make sure that you use just the boot, but don't do the work.
As for the statement of life purpose, it's not a huge deal. Just make sure junior puts in some positive-aspiration stuff the Eagle board can chat with him about. Unless your son pulls a knife on the board or suddenly turns really stupid, the Board of Review is pleasant rite of passage, not an ordeal. I can still get tears in my eyes thinking of how the board members shook my hand and told me that we had raised a fine young man. |