{"id":7735,"date":"2005-08-24T20:24:16","date_gmt":"2005-08-25T03:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/08\/24\/the-yearling.html"},"modified":"2005-08-24T20:24:16","modified_gmt":"2005-08-25T03:24:16","slug":"the_yearling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/24\/the_yearling.html","title":{"rendered":"The Yearling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Letter from the Superintendent of Littleton Public Schools, addressed to:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">Katherine Hill<br \/>\n<em><strong>Class of 2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Holy crap.<\/p>\n<p><small>Side note:  While I can barely imagine a superintendent of schools sending &#8220;me&#8221; a letter when I was just entering Kindergarten &#8212; one just did not do that back then, but instead sent letters to the parents, and addressed them as Mr. and Mrs. &#8212; the idea that (a) it would be typeset on preprinted, brightly colored paper, and (b) that it would have an &#8220;electronic mail&#8221; address on it would have been inconceivable.  Which makes me wonder in what ways this will seem utterly archaic to Kitten when she&#8217;s sending her kid off to Kindergarten &#8212; that it had an &#8220;e-mail&#8221; address of &#8220;@lps.k12.co.us&#8221;? (&#8220;Mom, why memorize an address when you have the person&#8217;s Name and Context?&#8221;)  That it&#8217;s on paper? (&#8220;But &#8212; how did you keep it filed and crossreffed, mom?  How could you find it in a few months or a year?&#8221;)  That it&#8217;s in English?  (&#8220;M@, s0 zed-c00l ^1337!&#8221;).  The mind reels.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letter from the Superintendent of Littleton Public Schools, addressed to: Katherine Hill Class of 2018 Holy crap. 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