The times, they are definitely changing!

There was only one choice for my picture of the day today.  Does this look familiar?  Do you remember the sound of your locker opening and closing?  Do you remember the panic that you felt when you couldn't get the combination to work?  Did you ever have a bottom locker and stand up before the top locker door was closed?  Ouch!

If you have forgotten any of this, you remember quickly when you are thrown back into that environment.  Of course, this time I'm the mom.  The feelings seem to be the same for the kids getting lockers for the first time.  Fear of not being able to open it.  Standing there for 20 minutes trying to master the skill of working a combination lock.  The excitement of figuring it out and the pride and fun of showing your friend how its' done.  It's all the same.

 It's funny how some things never change - or do they?  Apparently, in some schools, lockers are a thing of the past.  Say it isn't so!  Isn't the locker a rite of passage?  For us, it still is until someone deems it unsafe. 

Until then, it will remain a pretty big deal for the 7th graders to get that locker.