US News and World Report came out with its high school rankings, I just happened to casually mention to him: Mine was #3 in the state.

He looked at me, knowing that that big grin meant his no longer scored higher.

#14!

He put on a face like Stephen Colbert about to mock a politician and said, Clearly, their information sources were incomplete and out-of-date.

#3! #3!

Hah!

But then, his having been built on an old cow farm, their mascot was The Mighty Moo. When you yell, Gooo, MOOOO at your sports teams you know that those were kids who could laugh at themselves and then get back to the books.