Star Infused Scribbles

Happy fish girl friday... i wish it was friday

my brother and his friends in this field trip group were truly great kids. but they were not above run of the mill teenage boy shenanigans. it’s the end of senior year, you and all your buddies are at the amusement park, you’re naturally going to want to act like a complete moron

there was one kid in the group who was especially prone to goofing around. committed to the bit, some may say. my mom knew that if nonsense was going to break out, he’d likely be at the center of it

so she goes up to this kid at the very start of the trip and says “hey, i’m kinda worried about this chaperoning thing. this might be a lot to ask, but can you help me keep an eye on everyone? you wouldn’t have to do anything big, just be an extra set of eyes for me.”

friends, this kid proceeded to run their field trip group like the fucking us marines. everyone is at the meet up spots at the designated time. everyone waits in line for the rides like a bunch of boy scouts. the second the horseplay gets too out of hand, this kid is getting it back under control

it’s incredible how differently people act based on the expectations you set. instead of going to this kid and saying “hey, i know you’re trouble, so i’ve got my eye on you,” my mom went “hey, i know you have influence in your peer group, so i think you can help me.”

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The book is "The Sacred Band" by James Romm. Now, with the caveat that I'm only about halfway through the book so far, it actually...isn't really about the Sacred Band? Which is kinda annoying given that's what I picked the thing up for and it is, ya know, the TITLE. It's more about that general era of Greek history and culture, but actual discussion of the band itself is so far mostly limited to paragraphs and paragraphs about battles in general and then "oh yeah, the Sacred Band was there" and then it moves on to the next bit of history.