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J.D. Rothman, a former instructor of remedial freshman composition, is an Emmy-winning children's television writer, producer and lyricist. While on an eight-state college tour with her older son, she started the anonymous NeuroticParent blog, which was excerpted in "I'm Going to College, Not You" (St. Martins Press, 2010). Rothman grew up in Brooklyn, and resided in several Latin American countries before settling in Santa Monica, where she and her husband, a bassist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, live in their emptying nest. She prepared for none of her careers in college.


Through the years, it seems as if every piece of spring correspondence from school has begun with the ultimate cliché:


It's hard to believe that the school year is almost over. How the children have blossomed.


It's hard to believe that another year has gone by. It's been such a pleasure to watch your little ones learn and grow.


Another year...and another...And now no more. Hard to believe...

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Published on May 30, 2012 18:36
Average rating: 4.25 · 12 ratings · 4 reviews · 1 distinct work
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