<p>It was the evolution of china under communism, but the class was in the “undergraduate science building.” You have to go up a ramp between the buildings, and once you get around the school of dentistry and the ROTC building you can see it. It’s really easy to find but ONLY if you already know where it is. I was so frustrated I just ended up collapsing on the grass somewhere and had to call to ask my mom to look it up.</p>
<p>A week or so later I went to the first Michigan football game of the season and got stung by a bee for the first time. My arm started swelling and an allergy runs in my family so I was concerned, I was having asthma troubles in the heat so I was already having a hard time, and when I called my dad to ask how to treat it he answered and said, “hold on, your mother just got stung by a bee and her neck is swelling.” I think that was a mutual terrifying call! We both were fine.</p>
<p>Wow, bees & I do not get along either. My arm gets VERY swollen; came close to needing to have prednisone to help it subside! Wow, a 37 WITH the curve sounds pretty scary. Your poor DS! So far, my kids keep me in the dark about their academics & are surprised when their grades come out (or at least they act that way). </p>
<p>Glad you were able to find the course and sorry it wasn’t all you had hoped it would be. Sounds pretty intruiging how they decided to hold the class up there.</p>
<p>At least I’m able to sleep nights better now than when I was constantly getting calls from their HS, threatening to ask them to switch schools due to prolonged absences due to chronic health issues. Those were very depressing calls to get :(</p>
<p>Phone rings at 8 am on Sunday (today). Son was going via car from NYC to Key west with friends.</p>
<p>Son: my wallet got lost at the walmart in Savannah Georgia. I wanted to let you know because my medical card was in there.</p>
<p>Me: what else was in the wallet, cards? cash</p>
<p>Son: $20-$40, my atm card, student ID card, PA nondrivers license ID card, $50 CVS giftcard and my Social Security card.</p>
<p>Me: WHAT THE??? I TOLD you years ago not to keep your SS card on you. Now they have your home address and SS#</p>
<p>So son is in Florida with NO ID and no way to get cash from bank. Hope his friends are feeling generous this week.</p>
<p>Should I be calling the credit bureaus and putting a ‘watch’ on his credit?</p>
<p>We called the walmart an no one turned it in. Maybe the wallet will show up in the mail (since whoever found it, if someone did, will see it belonged to someone from out of state).</p>
<p>^^^^Since wallet contained ATM card, social security card & ID cards, you should probably close all his bank account (if you can) and notify credit agencies ASAP. The fact that no one turned the wallet in to WalMart is not a good sign. It can take years to clear up a stolen identity - and everything an identity thief needs is in his wallet.</p>
<p>You should call the national credit bureaus & ask them to put a freeze on his credit record so that NO ONE can open or change things unless they call your home phone to verify that he is authorizing it. This should be done ASAP, since thieves are quite greedy these days, especially with the bad economy.</p>
<p>Agree with 12rmh18 and HImom. I would also contact social security and let them know his number was possibly stolen…you might not have to do anything about it, but I would see what they advise. And you don’t really know if he “lost” it or it was stolen. My daughter didn’t even realize her wallet was lifted and within 12 hrs all sorts of purchases were made with her card. Fortunately the credit card called warning of unusual activity - she hadn’t even realized her wallet was stolen.</p>
<p>I called the credit bureaus, put a 90 fraud alert on his ‘account’, called my health insurance company in case anyone tries to use my medical card. SS doesn’t seem to have a way to report a stolen card. He called the bank and no activity has taken place (I have visibility). I swear this kid thinks up new ways to aggravate me and create more work for me at every turn. Yes, I know it’s HIS responsibility, but he’s clueless on what to do. I have never met a smarter (on paper) IDIOT in all my life</p>
<p>well you did the right thing, even if he needed help getting it done. Hopefully he will learn to be more careful with his wallet (two of my kids has had a wallet lost or stolen, - aggravating, but it has made them more aware), and he knows its a big deal now. He will need to get a replacment Social Sec card. </p>
<p>It took awhile, but my son finally “grew up” and travels the world, mostly carefully (I hope)! Your son will mature too, don’t worry!</p>
<p>There’s a huge difference between being book smart and being street smart. Some of us have one, some have the other. Hooray for those who have both!!</p>
<p>And then there’s just lack of experience - D was filling out online paperwork for her new (retail store) job today. She was completely clueless regarding the W4. When the system asked for her employer and password, she read “employee” and typed her own name. When I pointed out that it said “employer” she typed in her boss’s name. I had to explain they wanted the name of the store. Then it wouldn’t accept “exempt” for her W4, and she had to call HR in person and of course it was an automated recording… she said, “It shouldn’t be this hard to work at Mall Store!” I said, “Honey, it’s not hard. You’ve just never done this before.”</p>
<p>As for calls you don’t want to get - this isn’t a phone call, but I heard a story this weekend at D’s Spring Orientation that seemed to fit this thread. The dean at the college giving the presentation said her own daughter had been in a downward spiral with her grades at another college, due to an overly-active social life. This was a few years ago when grades were still mailed home. The daughter’s transcript arrived, it had one B and four Fs. Long pause. Then the Dad said, “Clearly you spent too much time on one class.” Ha ha - she can laugh NOW… wasn’t too funny THEN though.</p>
<p>Sueinphilly, I just started a new thread about[thread=883747] identity theft on rise with college students. [/thread] Just another phone call that parents do NOT want to receive!</p>
<p>Good for you for taking precautions. I hope the wallet is returned, your son has a nice time in Florida, and your precautions are unnecessary.</p>
<p>oh yeah, my son could win a prize for genius idiot. 143 IQ and 2250 on SAT and 3.7 GPA thru 2+ years of college. OTOH, he’s an idiot I saw that other thread. I will extend the fraud alert in 90 days and run his free annual credit report in June.</p>
<p>I have one like that. He’s the one that googled “how to change a flat tire” on the internet instead of looking in the glove compartment for the owner’s manual. Smart kid who does not always use common sense.</p>
<p>In addition to using the internet for guidance, he & his friends (future engineering students, no less!) used a car jack on a pickup truck. When the jack didn’t raise the truck high enough, they let some air out of the spare tire so it would slide onto the hub. Finally, they sent another friend home to bring back a bicycle pump so they could reinflate the now-deflated spare tire. Top students at a top high school, it took them 3 hours to change a flat tire! They should have listened to the parent who told them to call AAA - that’s why we pay for the membership. </p>
<p>We spent the 3 hours checking in by phone and rolling on the floor in laughter and disbelief at each new update. I suppose a ‘good parent’ would have helped the stooges change the tire, but we chalked it up to a ‘learning experience’ and ‘practical problem solving.’</p>
<p>D1 (almost crying): “Mommy (she still calls me that), I am dizzy, can’t see really well, my forehead hurts, and I feel like throwing up. What do you think I should do?”
Me: “Why don’t you go to Gannet (health center) to have it checked out.”
D1: “I am at work now. Do you think I need to go right away?”</p>
<p>It’s Wed, she is a little better, but still has the dizziness. Poor kid had prelim yesterday and another one today. Thankfully, she will have a week off after this Fri. With the latest tragedies at her school, it will be good to have home to get away for a while.</p>
<p>Actual call fielded by my mother many years ago:
“Hello, are you Mrs. ------. We have your son here in the emergency room. He has a concussion from a car accident.”
“I’m sorry, you must have made a mistake. My son is upstairs asleep in bed.”
“Could you go check his room, please”
“Arrraggh!!!”
My brother had slipped out the window, shimmied down a pine tree, and walked to a friend’s house. They rolled her parents’ car down the driveway and went on a joy ride at 2 am which ended with a crash into a parked car. He was 12 or 13… I’m surprised my mother survived my brother’s teen years, but he is now a respected businessman!</p>
<p>12rmh18–OK…I’m really ROTFL! Sounds like something my son would have done. A really clever way to do something a regular person would have called AAA for. :D</p>
<p>and astrodeb! Just…wow. But you know, the kids who are not risk-averse…if they survive…do very well in the end. :eek:</p>
<p>S1, (another one of those idiot smart kids) called a few months ago to say…</p>
<p>Hey, I lost my wallet again. The good news is that I didn’t lose my driver’s license because I lost it a few months ago and haven’t gotten around to getting it replaced.<br>
So that really saved me from having to get it replaced again…It’s really not a big deal.
I had my Military ID clipped to my shirt so it didn’t get lost.
It pretty much works for everything around here.</p>
<p>Yes, he’s an officer in our nation’s military…I know y’all feel really safe now:)</p>
I saw that other thread. I will extend the fraud alert in 90 days and run his free annual credit report in June.</p>