Her experience seems so far from mine. I went to high school in the '60s. Some have blamed the Columbine tragedy on adults abandoning their responsibility in the schools after my generation's push for freedom. My experience so far doesn't support that. My daughter's high school years may be just as painful as mine, but her teachers expect so much more of her.
School seems more demanding, teachers more caring.
But maybe that's just because I understand them better with age. Today you enter ThunderRidge. We hope you finish this first installment eager to return. The next part should come in early January, and it will take you further inside the classroom. The only report card that matters on this story is what you think.