Posted by Barely Knit Together on Aug 19, 2009 in
The Soap Box
This is an open letter to teenagers. I know they won’t read it. And if they do, they probably won’t really get it for a while yet. But maybe if I put something incendiary in here, it will capture their attention just long enough to lodge in their brains and be remembered at some later [...]
Tags: growing up, high school, nostalgia, parenting, teenagers
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Apr 7, 2009 in
Motherhood,
The Soap Box
I got an unexpected call yesterday from a parent of one of my daughter’s friends. He didn’t realize he knew me at first, he was so absorbed in his purpose. It seems the city where I live has a zero tolerance drug policy in its schools, which means if a student commits a drug offense, [...]
Tags: drug policy, drug use, high school, punishment, school policy, teenagers, zero tolerance
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Feb 3, 2009 in
Uncategorized
There is this 25 random facts thing circulating on Facebook right now, and one of the things a friend wrote really resonated with me. She said she almost quit using the social networking site because it reminded her of her high school angst and it made her feel uneasy.
I’ve been sort of dealing with the [...]
Tags: 25 random facts, angst, high school, social networking, teenagers