Thrown To The Wolves

Marcus has officially survived his first few days of high school...public high school no less! Andover isn't exactly inner city Chicago, but to a sheltered, private school kid - it felt pretty close. Here are some highlights from his first three days:

• A girl by the name of Shelby has started stalking Marcus. At first we thought she had ulterior motives (wanting to be nominated as a cheerleader for Trojan Night) - but now we think she officially has a crush on him. Unfortunately she demonstrates her desires by making strange shoulder movements and offering him Chex mix that she stores in bulk in her backpack.
  
• Marcus was asked by a new acquaintance who his father was (only at Andover) and he explained that his dad was Blake Baysinger - former owner of the cell phone store and current owner of eDrop. The boy replied, "Ahhh...your dad's a Pimp-&*%". Marcus whispered to another former CCA student, "Is that good or bad"? The other CCA boy said, "I have no idea". Marcus came home asking what a Pimp-&*% was. After I carefully outlined the job description and general wardrobe of a pimp, He decided the boy was, indeed, paying a compliment.
  
• After noticing a leggy blond in too short shorts bending over in the parking lot, Marcus said, "Well...you'd never see that at CCA!"
• He's trying to figure out how to respond to a certain "pose" that his new friends assume when they are greeting each other. He has come to the unfortunate conclusion, through trial and error, that slapping the lower, rear facing hand is NOT the correct response.
• And my favorite so far...Tonight Marcus commented to me, "Some of the girls at Andover are full blown women!"