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HopeHoops

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2. They've all pushed themselves. We've always been laid back about it.

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 13, 2012, 12:29 PM

Jan 2012

In the long run, nobody gives a shit about high school. But when you're IN high school, that's all they push - WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, etc.

It's a stupid system, but that's what we've got. All three have been excellent students. I'm proud of them for that but we didn't push them that way - they pushed themselves. We've got pig-headedness (sp?) on both sides. And don't fuck with my wife. She'll take on anybody. She learned that from her dad.

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