The next few days were filled with adjustments, not only to the new school, but also to the new classes, which were at a high academic level. Dave was more than a match for them intellectually, but the expectations of the teachers were different from those at Hillsdale. He also had to make a couple of schedule changes, and he needed electives to fill out his class load.
Dave had a meeting with his counselor, Mr. Jerome, who looked over his school record with interest.
“You have a fine academic record, David. You should do well in all advanced placement classes, not just advanced algebra. That leaves you with two electives. Any ideas?”
“Not really,” Dave said.
Actually, there were things he was interested in, but those had led to his downfall at Hillsdale. He kept those interests to him
