<p>LOL, Roshke! It’s tough when we all want to know how something worked out but the OP has vanished into the ether!</p>
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<p>Hang in there MOWC, we’ll get you singing Rocky Top real soon! ROFL</p>
<p>So, I’m the new parent here, and I’ve already committed the cardinal sin of Not Reading the Whole Thread Before Posting (mea culpa), but I’ve already spotted a couple of denizens of this board. Hope this doesn’t repeat something up there on page 72 of the thread:</p>
<p>The Overachieving Paranoid Student. You know, “I only got 2360 on the SAT, but I’m taking it again. I go to school at Eton in England on scholarship, so my GPA can’t really be compared to US grades, but I am the top student in school. During my summer breaks I’ve take 9 AP classes and gotten 5s on 13 AP exams. I’ve cured cancer, leapt tall buildings, and I’ve had papers printed in both ‘The New England Journal of Medicine’ and ‘The Journal of International Relations.’ My last two fiction pieces were published in ‘The New Yorker’ and my novel is coming out this summer. I skiied the downhill in the '06 Olympic Winter Games, but only got a Bronze Medal. I’m Malaysian/Ugandan/Chinese/Armenian/Italian and both my parents were itinerant laborers who never finished grade school. Do you think I have a chance of getting admitted to Yale?”</p>
<p>As a parent of a Somewhat Underachieving Smart Nerd Boy, I find the OPS archtype something of a mystery. (Me: How’d the SAT go? S: OK, I guess. Me: Did you finish all the questions? S: I don’t remember, can we stop by McDonald’s?)</p>
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Welcome to the We-Are-Not-Alone-Mothers-of-Sons archetype, Rick T, fathers-of-sons division.</p>
<p>Thr Great Rightwing Conspiracy on Parents Cafe.</p>
<p>Jersey Girls! (Not me, but there’s a lot of them out there.)</p>
<p>Moms Who Would Rip Out Your Internal Organs Without Breaking a Sweat (subset of Pre-Title IX Girl Athletes.) </p>
<p>and TSDad, why is it not a vast rightwing conspiracy?</p>
<p>Well you’re right; there’s nothing great about it although it is vast especially in Parents Cafe.</p>
<p>Jersey Girls–yea!!!</p>
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<em>ROFLMAO</em> How I went from a rather dainty (at least at the time!! <em>lol</em>) All-American diver to THIS is quite amusing! But, yeah, I guess I have a pretty monster “mama lion” instinct… ~berurah</p>
<p>All American Diver???</p>
<p>You are a miracle of assortments, b.</p>
<p>Geez, there are a ton of female athletes in the Parent’s forum…</p>
<p>The Minority Bashers (those who are insecure and bash URMs for their achievements; main reason for me to stay off WAMC)</p>
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<p>Why thank you, miss cheers! Very kind of you to say so! ~b.</p>