As a parent, it can be emotionally battering when you drop an 11 year-old off at the high school. Every morning I'm worried about rear ending someone because I can't stop glancing in rear view mirror as my daughter walks toward the entrance.
But the other side of that coin is hearing her say how easy her high school biology class is and thinking how miserable she'd be if she were stuck in a middle school science class.
It can be a tough choice - with neither option being ideal - but at the end of the day, I'd rather she be out of sync socially and have no chance at playing on varsity than to have her learning that half effort is all you need put forth to get As.
-S.F.
