Question: "Mommy, what will we learn in 3rd grade?"
Answer: "All kinds of things".
After overhearing this exchange recently, I began reflecting on my own childhood summers. Do you remember asking or wondering a similar thing? I do. It made me wistful; how wonderful that delicious anticipation of learning felt. Now if I could just get someone to continually re-assure me the learning is right around the corner.
What else was on your mind as a child as the summer stretched before you? Just after school let out in June, several 10 year olds on their bicycles converged on the convenience store I was leaving. Their joy and exuberance was so clear I found myself transported to the late Junes of my youth. It's possible their happiness had little to do with summer just beginning; no matter. Remember your un-alloyed joy about having two+ months of freedom? For me, that joy and the anticipation of future learning went hand-in-hand. How about you?
About Me
- Pat Barton
- My most recent single release - "My True North" - is now available on Bandcamp. Open my profile and click on "audio clip".
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