I do not intentionally try to listen in on people's conversations. However, at this visit when two friends greet each other from across the room and hold a conversation it is hard to concentrate on the magazine I have already reread a few times.
This time the topic was family and everything they were doing this summer. It was quite obvious they were dedicated to their children with fun family vacations, 3 week camps, special prep courses for college, special sports camps, classes before entering high school. I realized these women could truly afford orthodontics.
The mixed message I heard this time was one mom saying how she enrolled her son in an art class for credit since he won't have time for it during his next four years. She then went on about how the class was a joke and how the teacher didn't teach art at all (apparently she must be attending the classes with her son). His assignment was to draw 3 dogs and 3 horses. She had bought him a book on how to draw. Was this to help bridge the gap between his class and learning? No, it was for him to trace! So as her freshman son sat next to her dutifully tracing away; overhearing his mom go on about the joke his class is and how no one in the family is artistic, I wondered what lesson is actually be taught and learned.
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