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the tcc

well i grew up in a house that was just a little passionate about basketball. and while i love to watch it and am still a little bitter over the class system in indiana, i wouldn't consider myself needing to discuss basketball 24/7. but for mapboy, it is the current obsession. he has refigured his bracket. he has replayed the games from the past year. he reenacts the games himself. he knows who is returning and who is going pro and who will be good next year and who won't and on and on and on.

in fact, when i get him from school his first words are usually, "so mom, do you know who i had winning in round 2 of the western bracket?" umm...no, and it is long over so i really don't care anymore. i don't mean that harsh, just who remembers such things..and why?

so the other day after school, mapboy is working hard over a piece of paper. he sees me walk by and says, "mom, i've created a new conference!" oh boy....so the TCC was birthed. it stands for Thirteen Colony Conference and it has 13 schools that are located in one of the 13 original colonies. he is currently working on their season schedule and such.

i was telling hubby about it. it cracks me up. only mapboy would get so obsessed over basketball and feel the need to combine it with 2 of his other obsessions - american history and geography.

i love this kid and i can't wait to see what he ends up doing as a career....maybe he'll be the head of the ncaa??? or just a professor of american history, or a cartographer, or a politician, or a lawyer....but for now he's just busy setting up a new ncaa conference!

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Natalie said…
I'm still a little bitter over the class system too :)

And I think Mapboy has a great idea!
May 16, 2009 at 12:22 PM
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