Art project

For a kid that could not be in band and wanted desperately to be in art, Christopher is acting flippant and way too casual about his WOW art project.

He randomly picked something that made him say WOW. Some random basketball player he saw in a magazine. He could have selected anything -- Shaquille O'Neal, Lee High School football, scoring a touchdown in football, the Navy Pier in Chicago -- all these things make him say WOW.

I let him know he is showing disrespect to his teacher by not being interested in this project. This is their final grade for the nine weeks and is to demonstrate all the concepts they've learned. Also, these projects will be in a district-wide competition representing Harris and his teacher.

I don't know if it is pre-teen attitude stuff or what, but I can't stand the "I don't know" and "Whatever" language he is using as he describes the project.

We'll be talking about this and digging a bit deeper this weekend.

WOW, I didn't think I'd experience such lack of interest on the outside when I know I on the inside he cares.