DadChat: Where did you go to High School?
This week Francis and Nate talk about playing high school sports, being in high school punk bands, and going to high school reunions.
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Comments (5)
Interesting how Nate’s time with his host family gave him the freedom as a high schooler. I never really thought of it either until now. Although I grew up in a fairly suburban city we had a decent bus network and I would ride the bus all the time. In the moment I didn’t think of how liberating it was. As an adult now commuting my 25 minutes to the nearby base I feel so restricted and anxious. I wish we had public transportation in this fucking country.
I have butterfly stuck in my head now. It hasn't lived there for decades. Now it's back. Damn it.
White flight suburb with a single high school packed to the gills with a ton of kids, just to keep all the top athletes together? Sounds like where I grew up, outside of Dallas, TX. I can’t imagine my town didn’t look to places like Carmel for inspiration. We built a new high school, and turned the old one into a freshman-only center. Our marching band has over 500 marchers on the field, and our class sizes are 1,500-1,600. And the white hate mentality is still strong; it wasn’t more than 3-5 years ago that a high school star Black athlete had some KKK-level racism spray painted on their family’s house. Folks around (some genuinely, some performatively) were shocked, but the family still ended up leaving town.
Also, Nate. Do you mind if I start calling you JoJo? You always seem to go on bizarre adventures.
I work first shift so I try to hit the gym before work. The days that I am able to do that feel so damn good. Feels like I've accomplished more, but if I miss the morning and hit the gym after work it doesn't feel as good. Still feels good, but that morning pump just sets the tone for the day. It's beautiful.