Sunday afternoon Junko and I attended Anthony’s school track meet. The event was no small deal, with approximately twelve different schools participating in the events. Some of the schools were just around the corner while others were hours away. What made this particular track meet so special is that it was the first track meet that Anthony competed in an event. Anthony has been to many track meets throughout his first year in Junior High school, but up until this point he never had an opportunity to complete.
Until now.
Anthony is obviously smaller than his school counterparts but he was still able to compete quite well nonetheless. He ran in the 100 meter and 200 meter races, finishing second to last in both events. No matter how he placed, Junko and I are very proud of his accomplishments and all the hard work he has put in to track and field. Those long days at school appear to be paying dividends so to speak.
It was a lot of fun watching Anthony compete. We were both pretty jazzed to watch our son compete in the events even though he did not place well. In fact, winning was not really the point or what excited us the most: what got us jazzed was just watching our own son compete, to see the determination and fire in his eyes.
If only he were more excited about education! Yeah, I know how that goes. All too well in fact.
Hopefully Anthony will have a much more prosperous track meet the next time around. In the meantime, Anthony has a lot of work to do before the next competition if he intends to place well in his events. Methinks it is time to get his legs muscled up and to turn him in to a lean, mean running machine!
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The problem? The documentary (also a DVD) has a higher quality bomb threat than YouTube.
A 15-year-old girl who stopped her out-of-control school bus was hit with a Saturday detention because she was supposed to be in class when the accident happened.
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