The White Noise of Summer
By J. Christoph Amberger
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The White Noise of Summer
by J. Christoph Amberger
Midsummer is the season of meaningless reports and school graduations.
Both categories have proliferated in recent years. With swallows retreating to the suburbs and bird entrails being too messy for your OSHA-regulated office environment, modern financial augurs are itching to read the future of the financial markets from every bit of arithmetical white noise emanating from a growing number of institutions and research outfits.
Schools, too, have stepped up the white noise. These days, you don't just graduate from high school. You graduate from preschool, elementary school, middle school. And then, finally, get to sit in a high school auditorium to hear a smart girl drone on about "the real world."
We're not quite there yet. But we got plenty of practice this week. My second son was “graduating” fifth grade. You really have no choice but to attend, even if you think it's all a bit much.
The favorite gathering places for graduation ceremonies are non-air-conditioned school auditoriums or gymnasiums. Hundreds of parents, grandparents and siblings are spilling off folding chairs, sweating quietly while expertly handling multiple cameras like jugglers at an old-fashioned carney. After minutes, you notice a constant rhythmic motion vibrating through the audience, as programs are being converted into makeshift fans whose sideways sweep becomes as ubiquitous as the chirping of crickets during sunsets in September.
The speeches of teachers and principals are as well intended as they are self-serving. You can see and hear that they genuinely care about the kids. (The young, attractive fifth-grade teacher actually chokes on tears. Too bad my son truly hated her guts!) .
But the repetitive emphasis on how well prepared all those children are for the "next phase" strikes you as a bit too insistent to be entirely true. After all, the memories of working on both your sons’ history trifolds on Mother's Day evening are still too fresh to make you believe that the central guidance system beneath that blond double cowlick has turned independent, self-motivated and competent in the last four weeks...
The children are being awarded certificates of achievement -- stacks of them: for music, participation in extracurricular activities, and just for showing up. What that achievement consists of remains undefined, as there is no means of what it was and how it was measured. Hence, the expressive power of these writs is as indicative of actual merit (or future success) as a farm rolls report in November.
But at the end of the circus, I had a chance to make a difference in the life of my child. As we turned to leave, I noticed the wistful glances cast by my shy, lanky teenager toward a group of smart girls posing for pictures. I sent him off with the stern paternal advice to not just say goodbye to his chums, but also to the more "interesting" girls… those who had signed his yearbook, to be specific.
Adolescent awkwardness added another 20 minutes to the festivities. But I had the impression it was more useful to his “next phase” than the ream of certificates in his folder.
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