Back to School

Here in the Cape the new school year is just about to kick off. Today my teen son headed off alone to the local high school for new student orientation. A new chapter in life begins!

I'm amazed though at how things are done these days. It was a prefect that called him up with the orientation and registration details, and who personally delivered a letter with those too. It's the prefects that show them around and do the (rather mild) initiation/hazing stuff (mild, 'cos this is a conservative Christian school and they wouldn't want to offend anyone.. :-) ).

So today the kid's toddled off down the hill to school. Tomorrow is a blank day (probably will be devoted to covering all the books they'll receive today), and then they start school in uniform on Thursday.

High school is supposed to be very different from primary school. Let's hope that carries over into the effort the kid puts into his work too.. :-)