Little Michelle's high school years... (3)

Believe it or not, I spent an entire day today organizing all the emails between me and Michelle's high school teachers dating from 5/26/2004 to 2/29/2008.  The final document is 70-page long (yeah, seven-zero) including all the email correspondences reflecting my relentless effort to stay in touch with every single one of Michelle's teachers...  Four LONG years of Michelle's high school when I was working in Reno -- it's all great as we look back 10 years later!!

1.  It brought me back to the tough days when I had to learn to manage a talented teenager who was not willing to tolerate stupidity.  It was not an easy task, but a "balanced" approach led me to win the war between me and my rebellious daughter. 

2.  As I look back to all the notes from all the teachers, they all mentioned that Michelle was very thorough with her homework, and she was a critical thinker.  Some of them also mentioned that Michelle did not really care about their subjects (which I am not surprised at all).  Whenever that happened, there was obviously trouble, and that's when I had to intervene.

3.  I remember announcing to many of my friends during those years (likely 2005 or 2006) that IF my little Michelle could graduate from high school, I would write a book about parenting.  Well, Michelle not only graduated from high school, she went on and graduated from college with high honors, and I have no doubt that she will one day become a GREAT doctor to save human lives.  The book still has not been written -- I was too busy celebrating Michelle's high school graduation, haha!

4.  The truth is, parenting is very simple, and you really don't need a book.  All you need to do is to give your children "true unconditional love."  Yeah, UNCONDITIONAL -- and they will have no trouble recognizing it.  That is all they NEED.