Nuni!
Whazzup?
How's the college search going? How is JOhn doing? Ammo is at Princeton Review this afternoon. His choice- it has dawned on him that colleges are actually expecting him to offer a few desirable qualifications before they open their doors to him.
ONe of Ammo's friends was just here asking me to look over a college essay for him. We wound up talking for an hour-- his parents are pushing him one way-- he wants to go another. It's so hard- all I could say was that I knew his parents loved him very much and were doing what they thought was right for him. LIke Ammo, he wants to do theatre; they want him to do engineering.
I think we ask too much of 17 year olds- how can they know--- anything?
Chris said, "I just don't want to end up 50 and hating my life, wishing and wondering about what I should have done. I wish I knew what I'm supposed to do with my life."
I said,"Hell, Chris, everyone I know is still asking himself those same questions about life-- what will I do when..."
He said, "gee, thanks, Mrs. W., you sure have made me feel better. Now I know there's no hope."
I tried to salvage my reputation by quoting - I think it was Buddha- "it's not the destination, it';s the road travelled to get there that matters."
I felt so erudite, then I remembered that I had heard it in Anna and the King coming back on the plane Friday. |
