Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Catholic school it is.
Jake creamed the entrance exam. Said that the toughest thing about it was the time constraint: 298 questions in 3 hours. But he still managed to answer at least 293 of the questions.
Jake said the test was Easy. Disturbingly easy.
At one point, the other kid taking the test asked Jake, “What’s perpendicular?” Jake stared at the kid and pressed on. He said to me afterwards (and this really cracks me up): “How does someone get to 9th grade and not know geometry?”
Okay, so I’m bragging. So sue me.
No place in town to buy the uniforms. I gather most parents have already gotten stuff mail-ordered weeks ago. Perhaps we’ll have to make a trip down to LA to go to the uniform store this weekend. Meantime, we shlepped down to the mall tonight for a white polo shirt and khakis so that Jake wouldn’t look too much out of place tomorrow. (Tomorrow’s the orientation, Friday is the first day of school.)
Next to the best thing about creaming the entrance exam: no interview! We don’t have to worry about the dreaded “What is the role of faith in your life?” question! We won’t have to fret about the impression Jake would make while explaining lynchings in Mafiascum! (As in the response to the question, “What do you do for fun?”)
But the best thing about going to the Catholic school: we can tell the public school system to blow it out their Board of Education!
D.
Congrats! No interview? Better still.
Let me know as soon as possible what he’ll be covering in English.
Fantastic. Congratulations to Jake. Well, and to his teachers.
Pat: Thanks. Sis: I’ll email ya.
Congrats to Jake. No interview! I’m impressed.
School starts August 14th??? When do they finish? Our kids still have 3 weeks of summer vacation left – they go back the day after Labour Day, which this year is Sept. 7th. There would be lynchings if they had to start classes now.
Makes no sense to me, either, since Bako is hella hot until October. You’d think they would run a shorter school year, but keep the kids extra hours. I’m not sure when they finish, although Jake does have the schedule around here somewhere.