The Black Hole

I had a somewhat frustrating time last night at the school with my 15 yr old. It was half yearly report time, and leaving aside the absolute zoo that we experienced just trying to see each of his teachers for the allotted 5 mins (!), what his geography teacher said about generation Y and how they behave/communicate left my head reeling. My guy was scored lower in Geog and Eng because he didn't fit the profile of Gen Y: he was thoughtful and thorough while his peers were rambunctious and scatty; nevertheless, they got through more work (when they could be bothered) than my 15 yr old because they were used to racing through their activities. Because majority rules, my guy can look forward to lagging in his grades due to the fact that he hasn't had his net/games/mobile phone potential fully enabled at home. It was a conscious decision on my part to keep him away from computer games and the like so that he wouldn't become anti-social. Looks like I might have done the poor lad a disservice.

Aced in visual arts, though -- and that's all that matters really... ;-)