Are we being honest?

CountingDown
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:27:12 +0000

We kept S1’s list pretty quiet around the neighbors. (There are a large number of boys all within two years of each other on our block.) NEVER shared the scores with them. If anyone asked S1 where he was applying, he’d mention the flagship and “a small math/science school in California,” which usually turned the conversation in a different direction. We followed his lead. Folks knew about some of S’s awards from the newspaper, but it’s not like we hung the articles on the front door. Neither of my kids attended the neighborhood HS, so it was relatively easy to keep things low-key.

With S2, the list is very different and there was more overlap with schools he considered compared to schools some of the kids in the neighborhood are now attending. We also can talk about how he’d like to play football at a D-III, which people understand.

I save my kvelling for CC. ;)