I love my kids

[liamstliam]

My National Honor Society kids -- particularly a core groups of about a dozen of them -- have made me proud all year, and they did it again today.

We went to the Massachusetts state NHS convention. The kids presented three times about our Outstanding Service Project award project, and I kept hearing raves about them from kids and teachers who attended.

I was busy presenting myself. (I think I wowed the teachers in one session -- Making Service Fun -- but bored the kids in the session on publicizing your chapter.)

One of my students won a regional student-of-the-year award and $500.

But that's not what impressed me the most. The kids dressed well, traveled well, were unfailingly polite and were clearly very comofrtable with being with 120 other top-end kids.

I guess my kids have been watching me. I always urge them to meet new people at things like this, and when I looked in during the breakfast session, my kids were walking around to each table saying, "Hi, we're from Peabody. Where are you from?

The opening speaker complimented them on their enthusiasm.

Days like this make it all worth it.

Comments

[theresat.livejournal.com]

Wow, those NHS kids are way better than your LHS NHS kids, particularly the class of '01 ones. ;)

I wish we had been more like that, actually, that's awesome, I'm wicked impressed myself.

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

Actually, sweetie, I made the comment to Katie Xiao on AIM that I still think you folks are the best ever.

This grpup may be second, just ahead of Dave LaMattina and Sue Mendenhall's group.

Dad

[theresat.livejournal.com]

Wow, we're ahead of Lamma? Damn, you really did like us. ;)

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

And it's mostly The Colonel kids with one big exception.



Dad

Where are you staying Thursday night?

[theresat.livejournal.com]

One big exception? My thought is Alicia, but I could be r-o-n-g wrong.

I might want to crash with you guys, if that's cool. I'll be getting in around midnight, so if I do stay with you, I'll be quiet when I come in. I'll let you guys know tomorrow what the plan is.

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

You are not as intuitive as you should be.

I didn't say "major" exception or "little" exception.

I said "big" exception.

I still love Alicia despite her taste in boys.

Dad

[theresat.livejournal.com]

Ah. I thought you meant one of the NHS kids who was not Colonel staff, but I see you mean one of the Colonel staff who wasn't one of your favorites. I now understand.

Oh, yeah, you're mean.