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We had the best day on Saturday, travelling to Troy, NY for a drill meet at LaSalle Institute. This is their last drill meet before their National meet in Alabama on 2/4. My son had been complaining that drill wasn't any fun any more, but there was no way he didn't have fun on Saturday.
8 events
8 trophies, including: Armed Inspection: 1st place Armed Regulation: 2nd place Armed Exhibition: 3rd place Armed Color Guard: 1st place
Unarmed Inspection: 2nd place Unarmed Regulation: 1st place Unarmed Exhibition: 1st place Unarmed Color Guard: 1st place
Way too much fun.
Then it all falls apart. We get home to find a letter from the school. My son, whose recent test scores have earned him 4 years of free tuition to any MA state college or university, is failing 2 classes and is no ineligible to go to the National meet.
He doesn't do his homework.
Apparently, there's a law against beating him.
Ya know, I get up at 4:45 every morning to get him to drill practice, I go to all the meets (this last week having to muster at the school for 3:15 a.m.) and take pride in all his successes, and now this. He's ruined it for himself. Not to mention that he just cheated me out of a trip to Alabama (and oh, btw, I bought 4 batteries for his camcorder so we could record the entire event.....).
Worst of all, if he doesn't get his grades up, he runs the risk of not being accepted into college, and losing his scholarship.
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