He's Off to a Great Start!

I realized that my first two forays into blogging have been about Lyssa. I decided I'd best post some things about Adam.

1. He is an amazing young man.
2. He is in 9th grade at Matheson Junior High School.
3. He has a 4.0 GPA for the first quarter of his high school career.
4. He is the 1st Vice President of the Student Body Officers. (He has an awesome letter sweater to prove it!)
5. He has taught himself how to play the string bass. He started in September to help out the band/orchestra teacher. Side note: I'm really glad the instrument is 1/2 size. I thought it would fit in Brian's car. It doesn't! It fits in Mascha (my sister Amy's car that we are borrowing while she's living overseas), but only if the back seats are down. Even then, the scroll fits between the front seats!
6. He is turning 14 this coming Sunday. (Where has the time gone?)

The title of the blog is in reference to #3. Last year, I asked him why his overall grades weren't better (as in more A's than anything else -- his grades were fine, just not what I knew he could do). His response? "Why work hard when it doesn't count?" Hmmm. At least he recognizes that "it counts" now and is doing what he knows needs to be done to succeed.