2009.06.25
Long: Tuned in to the teen years
Tuned in to the teen years
John Long
Long, director of the Salem Museum and a history teacher at Roanoke College, is a Roanoke Times columnist.
Teenagers, it's been said, are more like they are today than ever before. Whatever that means. I spent Father's Day ruminating on what I've learned being dad to two teenage girls. Don't get me wrong; our girls are great kids and I'm having a ball watching them grow up. But you have to laugh at some of the foibles of teenagers.
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That was precious! Yes, you do have to laugh, but woe unto you if you get caught at it. I have sooo many funny "you used to" stories that even today, at 23 and 25 my children love to hear me tell them and are mortified when I tell anyone else.
But OMG, a friend shared this story the other day and I nearly lost my bladder laughing and I am still cracking up. She was in second grade and made her mom a bookmark for Mother's Day. The teacher obviously was of the mind that it was the thought and not the spelling that mattered because a bookmark that was supposed to say "love at first sight" actually came home (and was treasured for ever) saying "love at first sh_t" You gotta laugh at that, I had tears running.
Comment by Sandi Saunders — June 25, 2009 @ 3:42 pm