I post this video in honour of the four very excited kids who left the house this morning and who finish at 12 noon for seven whole weeks. In the case of Blue Eyed Boy, it's a case of "Primary School's out for ever", to edit Alice Cooper's lyrics slightly. After the summer I will have two kids at primary and two kids at secondary, which if nothing else is satisfyingly symmetrical. Blue Eyed Boy didn't really bond with school (!) through the first six years and would much rather not have bothered, thank you very much. However, his last year has been a good one, and his two taster days at the secondary school have impressed him (mainly the bunsen burners really).
Do you remember that "school's out for the summer" feeling? I do. There's absolutely nothing like it is there? Adult time off work isn't the same because you still have all the responsibilities at home. I was reflecting this morning that perhaps it feels like that when you die and enter eternal life, free from sin and sadness and worry, for ever.
Good Intentions
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8 comments:
Wish I were free..lol
The older we get the shorter the holiday seems - it was like forever when I was a kid!
Ah, those bunsen burners!
That video brings back some rather hazy, pre-salvation memories for me. ;)
Yes, I remember that feeling . . . and often long for a real break.
I remember the song too.
I love having the kids off school for the summer, enjoy. I noticed at the weekend, Joe's name label on his school tie is still held on with a safety pin, humm, maybe I need to be more disciplined and do some uniform labelling now!
Good old Alice.
Today's our first day South of the border.
Yippee!!! (That's from a teacher's perspective, not a parent's.)
Are you guys on holiday? It's been a while.
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