Long Middle School lets out at 10:30 a.m. today, the last day of school before summer break. So, the question is, does that mean my daughter can now claim she is a high schooler? Initially, Tim and I said no. (His family had this same discussion last night, about whether his son is now a fourth-grader. Yet another way we’re clearly gay for each other: we talk about the same things at night, even to our wives.) You can’t be a high school student if you’re not in high school. So even though you’re no longer a middle school student, you can’t make that claim, technically. But then we said, wait, let’s say you’ve been accepted to Notre Dame. You’re a Notre Dame student, even if you haven’t had your first day of classes. Isn’t that the same thing? Tim’s son, by passing third grade, is now eligible for fourth grade. My daughter, by being accepted to Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts’s Theater Cluster (oh, did I mention that again?), seems like she can say “I’m a Booker T. student.” The only constant in this equation is that I’m old. I’ll turn comments on for this one.
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I don’t think you’re a student until you’re actually enrolled. Is she enrolled? Then that’s the answer.
FWIW, when a middle-aged man shaves his head, starts really focusing on eating right and working out, and suspects that he’s gay for another man, there’s probably a different conversation he should be having with his wife at night. IJS. Ranch up, pardner!
My argument? Once you’ve successfully completed the previous curriculum and have been promoted, you can officially count yourself as a member of the next grade / next school. Congrats to all (including teachers) who’ve survived the school year!
Eric, you are no longer a Puma but have graduated to Cougar.
May I buy you a drink at The Porch?
She’s officially a high schooler. If she has any summer reading to do for the upcoming school year she’s not doing it for the grade she left behind…
I believe the term is “rising freshman,” but since this classic film was based in Texas, I think it’s OK to consider her a high-schooler: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106677/
Party at the Moontower.
Yes, she’s a highschooler.
Now get off my lawn!
All I know is you better not say you are a senior until all the recent graduates have cleared out…
I believe the correct term is “rising freshman.”
Eric’s come-ons are crude and direct, and not the least bit tempting (although his appearance has improved markedly since he began his diet and work-out regimen).
If you’re a high schooler, it means you can date high school boys. Even college boys.
if you take college credit courses while in high school (don’t just mean AP classes) or even before high school at a program like Duke T.I.P. are you a college student?
Bethany: Don’t make Eric’s head explode. It’s too big. Too much collateral damage.
So I should NOT tell him about the 10th grade “slumber party”/co-ed camping trip?
Eric and Tim’s Theme:
“Yet Another Way (We’re Clearly Gay)”
Tell him. Slowly.
I’m pretty sure the Texas UIL rule reads “For purposes of the daily attendance count, a student is not considered a ‘high school student’ until his/her school has played its first football game of the season.”
I simultaneously attended SMU in ‘85 when I was still in high school and I am STILL confused about what I am.
In Dallas, your kid is officially a high schooler when his/her twerp classmates shoe-polish the phrase “SKA ‘##” on your car.
Are Tim & Eric like Terrence & Philip? I mean, I’m familiar with the beady eyes and flappy mouths, and it wouldn’t surprise me if they walked around the office saying outrageous things like shut your f*(c)|<1ng mouth, uncle f*(c)|<r (or even singing it).
I mean, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Two words:
Brokeback Journalism.
@SDM
Our very own SMU has programs like Duke’s TIP.
1) 3 week summer program: Talented and Gifted; for students entering 8th, 9th, or 10th grades. Two classes, one of which can be for college credit.
2) 5 week summer program: College Experience; for students entering 11th and 12th grades. Two classes, both for college credit. The morning one is with full time college students.
Both programs offer campus housing or commuting. I attended all five years, and they were a primary reason why I chose to attend SMU for undergrad and for my MBA.
But I never considered myself a college student until I graduated from high school.
http://smu.edu/education/youth/tag/default.asp
http://smu.edu/education/youth/collegeexperience/default.asp
I would like to see Tim and Eric duet on “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” at karaoke.
Wait a minute, what am I saying? No, I wouldn’t. Not at all.
I would. Shush, Daniel.
Matt R – does the SMU College Experience program grade inflate like the undergrad b-school does?
$5 says that Tim would sing the Kiki Dee part.