Dear Shirley:

I too wish your parents stopped interfering with what works for you! Is there at all a way to explain to them what you wrote above, the two ways in which track and field helps you academically>

As I wrote to you before, i wish your parents were like your pre calc teacher: enjoying being your parents, (understanding perhaps that parenting does not equal criticizing). that they would too put their love in parenting, make it fun for you (that would be refreshing, wouldn’t it), be patient, laid back, compassionate to you! … love being your parents and not rush (that would be, indeed, very refreshing, wouldn’t it…)

At the least, be patient and compassionate… to yourself!

anita