Nepotism'r'us
Sep. 16th, 2009 07:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blatherskiteMy daughter Alison wondered (via Facebook... aren't we just the modern family? ) whether she was in my blog. You are now, dear.
Alison is at that exciting stage where she's escaped high school but isn't yet in university. Here in Quebec, we have this odd notion called "CEGEP", short for Collège d'Enseignement Général et Professionnel. You can learn more about CEGP at the ever-amazing Wikipedia, but the short version is that it's a 2-year transitional period between Grade 11 (the last year of Quebec high school) and first-year university: you get much of the same opportunity for specialization in what you study and of the independence of university, but without the same amount of pressure or expense. Plus, you still get to live at home, though I'm betting Allie will be out on her own in a year or so just because it's so damn much fun.
It's an exciting time, because you're suddenly having the universe open up to you in a way you'd never imagined possible, and also having some real say for the first time in how you choose your path through life. I remember it well, because I left home for university at the age of 17, and had the doors of my cloistered brain blown right off their hinges, both intellectually and in terms of my independence. Also made some lifelong friends and eventually, after many mis-steps, found a career.
I'm very much looking forward to watching Alison blossom into an adult in coming years. The first steps have certainly been a pleasure to watch.
Alison is at that exciting stage where she's escaped high school but isn't yet in university. Here in Quebec, we have this odd notion called "CEGEP", short for Collège d'Enseignement Général et Professionnel. You can learn more about CEGP at the ever-amazing Wikipedia, but the short version is that it's a 2-year transitional period between Grade 11 (the last year of Quebec high school) and first-year university: you get much of the same opportunity for specialization in what you study and of the independence of university, but without the same amount of pressure or expense. Plus, you still get to live at home, though I'm betting Allie will be out on her own in a year or so just because it's so damn much fun.
It's an exciting time, because you're suddenly having the universe open up to you in a way you'd never imagined possible, and also having some real say for the first time in how you choose your path through life. I remember it well, because I left home for university at the age of 17, and had the doors of my cloistered brain blown right off their hinges, both intellectually and in terms of my independence. Also made some lifelong friends and eventually, after many mis-steps, found a career.
I'm very much looking forward to watching Alison blossom into an adult in coming years. The first steps have certainly been a pleasure to watch.
Re: Hi, Geoff me lad!
Date: 2009-09-16 10:45 pm (UTC)