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the_rckI'm reading a pretty good fanfic right now, but I keep thinking that I should stop because it's really long. My e-reader puts it at about 1300 pages, and I'm only about 200 pages in. That's a really big reading commitment, and while the story is good, I'm not sure it's 1300 pages good. It's a time travel story, Harry Potter, in which Hermione is thrown back in time to when Harry's parents were at Hogwarts. She has no way to return to her own time but to take the long way around. She's trying not to change anything, but her very presence is a change, and the repercussions of that haven't really begun to make themselves felt yet. Judging by the pace at which this is progressing, it's going to cover many years. It may get all the way back to the original time.
We've heard from the coaches of Cordelia's soccer team. There will be two practices a week, Mondays and Wednesdays. They haven't asked Scott to help, but he plans to offer at the first practice. We're not entirely clear-- It's possible that the team combines sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Something somebody said suggested that, but when we signed up, Rec & Ed didn't say anything about combining grades. I suppose it might be a way to make up for how few kids sign up at the middle school level. We're fortunate; a girl who lives near us but who is going to the middle school instead of staying at the old school is on the team. Cordelia and I can call on her family for help if Scott has to work.
I'm a bit worried about the two practices a week. Come October, Cordelia will have volleyball practice, too, and there's no guarantee it won't conflict with soccer. (There's a chance she'll be on the team coached by the mother of one of her soccer teammates, but it's by no means certain.) I hope volleyball doesn't have two practices a week. I can see them wanting the kids at higher levels to be more committed, but one thing I've liked about Rec & Ed sports is that they're laid back and don't put a lot of pressure on the kids. Cordelia prefers volleyball to soccer, so that will take precedence if there are conflicts.
We've heard from the coaches of Cordelia's soccer team. There will be two practices a week, Mondays and Wednesdays. They haven't asked Scott to help, but he plans to offer at the first practice. We're not entirely clear-- It's possible that the team combines sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Something somebody said suggested that, but when we signed up, Rec & Ed didn't say anything about combining grades. I suppose it might be a way to make up for how few kids sign up at the middle school level. We're fortunate; a girl who lives near us but who is going to the middle school instead of staying at the old school is on the team. Cordelia and I can call on her family for help if Scott has to work.
I'm a bit worried about the two practices a week. Come October, Cordelia will have volleyball practice, too, and there's no guarantee it won't conflict with soccer. (There's a chance she'll be on the team coached by the mother of one of her soccer teammates, but it's by no means certain.) I hope volleyball doesn't have two practices a week. I can see them wanting the kids at higher levels to be more committed, but one thing I've liked about Rec & Ed sports is that they're laid back and don't put a lot of pressure on the kids. Cordelia prefers volleyball to soccer, so that will take precedence if there are conflicts.
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Date: 2014-08-20 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-20 05:28 pm (UTC)I'm a little worried though-- Other mixed grade teams we've seen in the past (softball and volleyball) have tended to be one grade more than others, and the team that tends younger is at a decided disadvantage. It's particularly true now that the girls are starting to grow a lot taller.
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Date: 2014-08-20 05:40 pm (UTC)Yeah, that makes sense.
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Date: 2014-08-21 08:50 pm (UTC)no subject
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