7 Quick Takes by a slowfood SAHM
Okay, so officially speaking, 7 Quick Takes is a Friday affair. It's Saturday morning, but this was the first time I had the concentration to write anything. So here goes nothing! 1. When I was in grade 3, my teacher, for some strange reason, went around the classroom and told each student whether she thought we would make it to university or not. Really. I was slated against such a success, and was devastated, even at that age, by such an assessment. My mother and I have periodically joked that I should send a photocopy of my degree certificate to this teacher, to show her, not only did I make it there, I graduated... with Honours. I had the satisfaction of running into her yesterday, and because all women are magnetically attracted to my baby, she came to admire him, realized who I was, and was excited to see a former student's child. I causally told her about having gone to university et cetera, et cetera. It felt so good to finally set the record straight -- that I...