Deb Joelle and the last conversations of summer…

Labour Day is an adult holiday. The media tries to pass it off as a day of family fun, a time to celebrate the last freedoms of summer, but it's really all about adults having the day off from work and drinking beer starting at noon. If you're a kid, it's impossible to enjoy because there is a giant clock hanging over your head. It doesn't say, "Tick-tock, tick-tock." It says, "School-starts! School-starts!"

I was always an odd kid in that I actually loved school and could hardly wait, but...