The other day, my oldest came home with both a fantastic report card and an invitation to join something called the Beta Club. I had never heard of the Beta Club, but reading the invitation made it sound pretty cool. Apparently, it’s some sort of invitation-only service society where the invitation process is based both on grades and character.<\/p>\n
As I read the invitation, I felt his eyes on me, waiting.<\/p>\n
“This is really cool,” I said. “Great job.”<\/p>\n
“Thanks,” he said, still waiting for something.<\/p>\n
“Do you want to join?” I asked.<\/p>\n
“Yeah!”<\/p>\n
“Cool.” He still seemed to be waiting for something. “You should be super\u00a0proud of this,” I added, trying to figure out what was going on.<\/p>\n
His eyes were sparkling, and his mouth was just about to smile.<\/p>\n
“What’s going on?” I asked.<\/p>\n
“You haven’t heard of the Beta Club, have you?”<\/p>\n
“No.”<\/p>\n
“So. . . you weren’t invited to join.”<\/p>\n
Now he was smiling full-on, not even bothering to try to hide it.<\/p>\n
I sighed. “That’s right.”<\/p>\n
“I’m gonna be in a club that you can’t be in.”<\/p>\n
“I’m sure it won’t be the last time.” I put the letter aside. “Now eat your Cheerios, Mr. Beta.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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