<p>Odd thing, I’m not sure if D’s school has a Dean’s List. I looked all over their website and couldn’t find anything. She has not been notified of anything like that and with 2 A’s and 2 A-'s last semester, it seems as if she would have been notified if they had one. Oh, well.</p>
<p>D’s spring break is near the end of March. (We are within driving distance and she has a confirmed ride home with another student from our area.) I sent her a message a few days ago to verify that she would be coming home. (her dorms do not close) I got a “doubtful. snow is too good to miss in Tahoe” response. Her aunt and uncle have a house in Tahoe and they bough her an annual pass to a resort nearby. I will have to think of a way to wrangle an invitation. Maybe if I offer to do all of the cooking…</p>
<p>I know what you mean Fallgirl, our D’s HS doesn’t even have an honor roll! Although it didnt APPLY for son this past semester, I did find the info for his school under “College Honors” and it listed all of them from semester to graduating honors.</p>
<p>I looked there too, and didn’t see anything about Dean’s List. It does say that students who have a 3.5 or higher at graduation are honored, but nothing up until then.</p>
<p>Just watched the Temple Grandin bio on HBO. Has anyone else seen it? I cried all the way through it. Son is no where near that autistic, but her story really touches me.</p>
<p>The ironic part is that the college part of the movie was filmed on Son’s campus a few years ago (e.g. the graduation scene.) They had a watch party at Son’s school for the premier last night.</p>
<p>missiepie I tivoed it. Am looking forward to watching it. Everyone says good things! Hugs to you for what must have been an emotional viewing.</p>
<p>Funnnnn Missy… I think that’s so cool.</p>
<p>Son apparently had his wallet stolen from the gym earlier this evening. At first he thought he had just misplaced it and so retracked his steps. When he got back to the gym another kid there was missing both his wallet and his cell phone, so at least s didn’t lose his phone cause that would have been horrid!!! No insurance to be found for an iphone. I called and cancelled his cash/check card but his student ID went missing too. Not sure how they deactivate that for the safety of students because his ID will open every dorm door on campus.</p>
<p>Modadunn–did he let campus security know? They no doubt have a way of deactivating it immed.</p>
<p>I watched Temple Grandin last night, and had a MUCH more emotional reaction than I would have had before hearing about some of the kids of '09 and their issues. And to think that she was as successful as she was way before the knowledge and acceptance we have now.</p>
<p>Here’s to accepting all of our kids for who they are and all that they can be despite the warts they all have!</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that, Modadunn. What a pain.</p>
<p>Missypie, I also Tivoed the movie. Watched a bit of it earlier today and thought of you. I’m looking forward to watching the rest.</p>
<p>I told him he needed to call public safety right away because you just never know if the thief is someone not from the school (which is more or less what you hope) and are still on campus or whatever, primed to get caught. He texted “took care of everything.” I assume he means they took care of everything… which is very good. This is not good at all though as my kid DOES get a little rattled and in the moment doesn’t always handle it with the calm of his father (who the more intense the situation the calmer he gets UNLESS it has anything to do with the children getting hurt - I am the uber calm one there). In any event, if this had happened first semester he might have gone into overdrive on the panic scale with so much unknown about how things work and where things are.</p>
<p>Modadunn – I’m glad you suggested calling pub safety, and I’m really glad he figured out right away that his wallet was missing. Does he have a health insurance card it in? Might want to notify the health insurer too. Social Security card? He’ll need to call SS to get a replacement – before he needs one to start a job. Depending on your level of concern, you could help him get a fraud alert put on his credit report so that if someone tries to open credit accounts based on his ID that there is something in place to slow that down.</p>
<p>Such a bummer.</p>
<p>I don’t think he has a SS card in his wallet. In fact, I know he doesn’t. But good call on the Insurance. I don’t know what they would do necessarily, but son is in good health and so I can just put an alert. I think I will call pub safety tomorrow to see what they think of the level of theft though. I honestly only think he has his drivers license, his student ID, health club ID, his bank card and his insurance. Will have to double check with him on all of that tomorrow in a very calm way. It’s the first day of the new semester and he is one of those kids that gets very excited for the first day of school. He truly loves them. AND… he loved his art class so much over JTerm that he has enrolled in another Art that is 3 and 4 dimensional art revolving around science. The only think I know for sure is that the description is such that I feel like the class was created personally for S. Based on this being the third class that satisfies the Art requirement… not sure how I am going to brooch this one because you want the kid to take what he finds he loves, but I also want to make sure he’s going to get in the required stuff. This is why sometimes I think those schools like Brown or Amherst with not requirements can fit a kid really well as long as said kid is varied enough in his interests (otherwise, it’s not really about liberal arts if all you take is Math for four years). Anyway… that was a tangent and now I am off to see what those requirements are.</p>
<p>I’m eager to catch the Temple Grandin movie On Demand. I’ve been following her story with interest after reading an in-depth article in the New Yorker many years ago. My ears always perk up when I hear her referenced, which I do from time to time. So I was really excited to see this film being made. It got great reviews. There was a piece on NPR’s Fresh Air a couple of days ago as well. What a remarkable person. She has given so much both to the industry she works in, the animals who have benefitted from the advancements she has made in their treatment, and for the rest of us in her helping us understand some of the mysteries and challenges of autism. Go Temple!</p>
<p>The thing is, the things Temple says about killing animals for food is so logical and true-cattle are not afraid of being slaughtered. They are afraid of loud noises and bright lights.</p>
<p>Another thing she said in a recent interview was that being autistic helped her penetrate the male dominated industry. As long as she literally got in the door/gate, she was fine. She said there probably were looks and eye rolls but that she didn’t catch them and thus wasn’t as hurt by the meanness of the guys as other women would have been.</p>
<p>It’s also terrific that the movie shows how self aware she is. Her negative reaction to human touch is not some mindless instinct. She knows she doesn’t like it and she knows she needs a substitute and she made a substitute. There are a lot of neurotypicals who don’t understand themselves nearly as well.</p>
<p>Glad to hear everyone is doing well. {{{ Hugs }}} to all who have been having issues with kids and school and bugs. Just catching up with all the posts.</p>
<p>Moda, re: iphone – in your post I think you mentioned no insurance avail for same. True, but there is a program called Undercover that you can use in the event of theft to locate iphone and help capture thief. Here’s a link: <a href=“http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/[/url]”>http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/</a> McSon has same on his macbook pro. Haven’t had to use it so far, fortunately ; ) Worth a try if we now know phones are a target at your son’s gym. (They’re a target at McSon’s school too, as are the macbook pros.)</p>
<p>OH… kmccrindle… I forgot about that. He actually has a locator through mac’s mobile me. Will have to make double sure that he has that up to date.</p>
<p>Struggling with a bad cold today. Had trouble sleeping but am planning on staying in my jammies on the couch today while the snow is swirling.
D2 was home for the weekend searching for her old APUSH folder. Yikes!! I gave it away to a friend! Guess she wanted it to help with a history class she has now. Oh, well…</p>
<p>hope you feel better soon NM.
I just feel swamped by paperwork in my life. Everytime I check something off two more things takes its place.</p>