My Daughter is: Learning to be Fearless

And I'm SO proud of her.
We put her in Public School for the first time this year, as a high school freshman, with many hopes and some trepidation. You can visualize how you want something to happen, and how you really think it will happen, but there are absolutely no guarantees, especially when you're dealing with other people and their responses. So there was the "other person" of my daughter herself, and the 3000 some "other people" there at the school.
This is a post on her blog about her experiences and what she's learning.
And I'm just HAPPY. And PROUD.

warning: there *is* a "bad word" in there, as a quote, just so you're warned.
Becoming Fearless in my World

Creating Mediocrity

I got this from a friend, and I agree so much I've just got to pass it on:


"One day, not long ago, while my daughter (who is 7) and I were bowling, a guy in the lane next to us said “You ought to let her win a game!” I replied “It ain’t happening today, or ever; when she does beat me, it will be because she won fair and square, and she will know that she did so on her own ability, and not because someone let her!” He acted as if I was speaking Japanese.
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