But then again that's nothing new in my household. My life story up to now can be told in two minutes flat. I know because for the last eight years I've told teen and preteen girls and their parents over and over again. So I will cut to the chase. Young girl goes to school, likes school does well.
Young girl hits puberty and all hell breaks loose.
Loses all interest in school. Six months she's without husband and joining the ranks of the welfare moms. One sunny afternoon while doing the laundry at the corner shop, she looks around her. Her coffee clutch, her friends, her life was that of the typical welfare recipient. It's eight years since I've earned that degree.