It started with the "simple" task of signing our 6th grader up for classes as he starts Jr.High. For some strange reason he wants to take Latin. As far as I know the only people who use Latin are priests and bug researchers. He said it was that or German.
We were some what surprised that he competed the form correctly by himself. We just couldn't get over the Latin thing so we (Susan) started looking into what the impact of his decision might be. To make a long story short, what seem like a simple decision could impact the rest of my son's life including the possibility of summer school, if or which college he could get into and if he takes Latin he would use it if he went into science or became a vet.
I don't think our son is ready to make that type of commitment in the 6th grade. He isn't ready to look that far into his future. I'm not ready to look that far into his future. The thing is, the way we have pushed kids to be more like adults they have to make these choices at younger ages. When I was in the 6th grade the biggest commitment you had to make was were you a Cowboys, Raiders or Steelers fan and who you were going to sit by at lunch.
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