I just heard that tune on a TV commercial and it so fit the context of this entry. Sure, I own the CD, but hadn't listened to it since the Arizona trip in November. The original title of this entry was "Shelby and Goliath", but really both titles fit just as well.
The girls got their report cards today, and Shelby had her worst ever set of grades. I was expecting 3 Cs, but instead I got two Cs and one D (I'm attempting to not notice so much the two "S-" grades). Have I mentioned the eighty-two (82) tallies? Okay, so that's tally tally for the semester, not the quarter, but still... Yes, yest, her tallies for the second quarter (32) were actually down from her first quarter all-time high (50), but I just can't get over this 82 thing. E-I-G-H-T-Y F-R-E-A-K-I-N T-W-O people!!!
To her credit, she did get 3 Bs and an A, whereas she had no As last quarter. Also, her semester averages are all Bs, so there is some hope of a recovery. However, the downward potential lies in the fact that her class starts on science this quarter, which will likely prove harder for her than history, the subject in which she received a D. I'm crossing my fingers, because science WILL be Shelby's scholastic Goliath. If not, the 82 tallies will certainly get to her.
If the words weren't enough, and you need a "Shelby and Goliath" visual, here's one from her fencing lesson today.
Lest I forget to give Darby her due, she continued her honor roll ways with five As and two Bs. For comparison, her semester tally total... 20. More than I'd like, but not 82.
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