Honor Roll

[Desert Rat]

Just got back from attending an awards ceremony.

Got to watch my son get called up on stage and stand with the rest of the honor roll students in his freshman class.

He's working on his eagle scout merit badge and made the JV wrestling team this year.

This proud papa is smoking a Carlito GOF with a smug grin while I type this .

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[ggiese]

Just got back from attending an awards ceremony.

Got to watch my son get called up on stage and stand with the rest of the honor roll students in his freshman class.

He's working on his eagle scout merit badge and made the JV wrestling team this year.

This proud papa is smoking a Carlito GOF with a smug grin while I type this .

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BASTID, I say!!! My kids working on a green Mohawk and maintaining a stellar 1.5 GPA!!!

Now if video games was graded...



Congrats, I'm envious!!!

[Baron Porthos]

That is awesome! My kids therapist says he has great potential.

[WOXOF]

Congratulations desert rat. You sound very proud, and should be. Good kids are getting harder to come by these days.

[Newfie]

Congrats to your son DR.

My daughter was a little bit of trouble in high school. Every boyfriend she had was a loser (IMHO) including her Fiancee now. (I think we're going to adopt him because brother and sister can't get married!! )

Anyway, she did finish high school with a pretty lousy average and went straight to the work-place in a plastics plant because her marks didn't qualify her for anything. Leave it to say it isn't all she thought it's cut out to be, and after getting laid off, and almost having to claim bankruptcy at the ripe old age of 22, mommy and daddy came to the rescue with financial aid.

She's now ready to graduate from a local college at the top of her class in Accounting!!

Sometimes they see the light and turn around.

[basil]

Congrats to your son DR!

George, I feel for ya bro - here's hoping he sees the light like Newf's kid did.

[Desert Rat]

Congrats, I'm envious!!!

Thanks for all the posts Dad's, and for those whose sons are struggling, I am not so smug as to have forgotten my teen years.

Needless heartache for my self and everyone around me while I went through adolesence. I know there is a huge distance from 14 to adulthood.

Hearing about sons that struggle makes think "relieved" would have been a better choice of words and a little closer to the truth than "smug".

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[toasty]

Congrats man. Hell only being out of high school 6 years myself, I can tell you that's a big accomplishment for him. And George, don't worry about the kid too much. I ended up being told that my Junior year of high school would be my last, with or without a diploma, so I ended up graduating a year early with a whopping 1.6 GPA. Come summer though, I was away from the old friends and bad habits and was on to college. Granted, I'm not a doctor or lawyer like some of these other guys, but I'm doing well for my age. Been working for a great company now for close to 4 years living more than comfortable. Your son will wake up one day and realize what his options in life are.