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08/27/2008: "End Of Summer"

“Are you ready for school to start?”

Why do we continue, year after year, to ask that question? You know what the answer is going to be. The kids say “no,” unless they have a high level geek quotient or have been socially deprived over the summer. The Adults say “Oh yes!” --the exceptions being brutally honest teachers.

Every time I ask someone that question it is like I’ve just taken a little bit of the last days of summer away from them. So this year I vow to not ask that question. And if I am asked, I will say, “No, I’m not ready for school to start. Would you like to take my school supply shopping list and change that for me?”

-Amy Winn