My son's physically gifted football player cousin who was bright enough to score a 27 on the ACT even though he spends more time on the athletic skills that got him a full ride scholarship, would say our local middle school is really good. But when he heard about a comment that was made by one of his football player friends about his nonathletic, geeky cousin, he acknowledged that it is different for kids like my son.

I wish it were different. I wish my son could go to school for a week, just to try it out, without having to worry about bullying.