<p>moda - I defiantly agree with everything woody said.</p>
<p>woody – oh well done! </p>
<p>And … sine qua non = “that without which” = udderly esential.</p>
<p>I have to be honest, I am amused at how obsessive parents can get over their sons and daughters. I am really glad my parents never pressured me to get into a “good” college- they both went to Homestate U.
It is kind of cool to see parents on online forums though lol.</p>
<p>@missypie- I make grammer mistakes all the time and I am going to Y :D</p>
<p>woody, that was my favorite post of the month. Fabulous. </p>
<p>Moda, I would block whoever sent you that PM. It sounds like they need to get a life, not you. Your life if full of cyber friends who find your posts interesting, helpful, and well, neighborly, like any good friend.</p>
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Totally agree with previous 2013ers who are questioning who “doesn’t have a life.” Seriously, someone on CC took the time and effort to send you a PM over something so incredibly trivial, and she/he is trying to claim that YOU don’t have a life??? What a hypocrite!</p>
<p>Sunday were are making a day trip to Son’s school to hear his big choir concert. This will be the first time we’ve been in his dorm room since we moved him in. I’m afraid…very afraid! Gotta figure out what I can wear that will be both appropriate for the concert *and *suitable for the intense room straightening that I know I won’t be able to stop myself from doing!</p>
<p>Last time I visited S, I literally had to sit on my hands to stop myself from obsessively straightening his room. Good luck, missypie!</p>
<p>Oh my word… Just remember some sort of lint roller ball if you’re going to be stopping in his room at anytime PRIOR to the concert. I have to say, I really want son to put his stuff in storage, but I also really really want to sterilize all of his stuff at some point over the summer.</p>
<p>Wow! I didnt know everything was being scrutinized so closely. I think Moda gives a ton of thought and insight to other people’s posts and is very helpful. I agree with CBBB
Congrats to NM"s D!</p>
<p>Held my breath and waited in the hall last time I was in S’s room when I took him back from the Holidays. HE then talked to an upperclass friend for advice and actually sat down with his roomie and told him that he needed to change his not yet changed sheets and wash his clothes and use soap (!) in the shower. S had been giving him soap and shampoo when he realized roomie had only been rinsing with water afer rowing club.
S is a clean slob. DH told me that S has now put a glade stick in a socket and it smells better. A GLADE STICK??? How in the world did he even know they exist?</p>
<p>Moda–my first posts, very first, some kind soul sent me a correction on something, spelling I think. Geez. I nearly just left at that point but Historymom wrote me something supportive so I stayed on.</p>
<p>Up early to make pre-ACT breakfast for D…ham and cheese omlette, whole wheat toast.</p>
<p>Last night we asked younger D how things were going with her student teacher. The teacher’s supervisor was the district’s very very deserving Teacher of the Year. D said that the student teacher quit -said she didn’t enjoy it. The student teacher is a bit older than average - somewhere I bet her parents are posting “that girl never finishes anything she starts.”</p>
<p>In one way it’s nice for her to not be in the classroom if she doesn’t like it, but to be so close to being finished, and not sticking it out!</p>
<p>I never paid attention to grammar, punctuation, etc… too much. I have a hard enough time learning the computer and typing. I am going to be paranoid now.</p>
<p>Personally, I am delighted to be able to visit with cyberfriends without worrying about grammar and spelling. It’s about the message not the method.</p>
<p>I ran into a real life friend this week who made me appreciate all that I have learned on CC.
His NMF, talented, energetic, delighful senior D applied to only reach Us. She has ONE acceptance and a fistful of waitlists and rejections. He said Big State U “didnt work out,” so I am afraid she didnt follow through with a safety. Now the family feels totally locked in to sending her to a school hundreds of miles away that none of them have ever visited.
It’s a great school, but to feel like there is but one choice is weighing heavilly on them.</p>
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<p>Well said, eggmom.</p>
<p>I know the information I have gotten on CC has been invaluable. Although I didn’t join until D was already accepted, it has been so helpful with the transition from HS to college. I would have joined sooner had I known.</p>
<p>eggmom…I would tell them to apply to some more schools. I know several students who were accepted after deadlines. Tell them not to give up!</p>
<p>sheesh…wonder what my posts were like after I had a few glasses of wine! :eek: Sometimes my b and t keys don’t work!</p>
<p>To be fair: The PM wasn’t from someone paying attention to this particular thread but a proclaimed student from S’s school on that thread. So… don’t everyone get all paranoid, especially here. Frankly, I kinda wish we could make a private forum that would be open to the regular posters and obviously a few others, but not open to the 463,250 views!!</p>
<p>I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve reread my posts too late and found errors, and then thought, oh well, these are my '13 friends, they won’t care at all. Lucky us, even if the message itself is faulty/paranoid/dumb/fearful or anything, there is nothing here but acceptance and support which is all part of real life whether it’s in front of a monitor or over a cup of coffee.</p>
<p>I was just browsing another thread with a poster asking for advice for her Aspie kid, and was shocked at some of the ignorant, discriminatory posts. I feel so badly for the parents here who have had to deal with that kind of obnoxious behavior and even worse, seen their bright kids have to endure that. I could have written a diatribe to debate some of the poster’s comments, but just like racism, no amount of logic can overcome thoses stupid biases.</p>
<p>There are always a few posters that really push my buttons- but you’re right, cpeltz, no amount of logic will convince those folks. Or they are always convinced there’s an easier way to do something- or a way around something- there just has to be. </p>
<p>D reads CC and I think still posts from time to time. I’m sure she wonders why I still post here- the college search is over, but I’m constantly learning something here. Whether it’s dealing with my first year, my college dropout, my D’s ambitions for graduate or medical school, there’s always someone here who has had that experience before. And honestly I hope none of you ever go away!</p>
<p>analyst–wow, congrats to S1! that is exciting, will you be able to plan any visits abroad? </p>
<p>moda–kinda sorta rude of that pm’er, quite ironic though for someone to take the time to send you a PM to tell you that YOU don’t have a life…um, do they have a mirror</p>
<p>woody–that was adorable, hey that would be a funny college essay approach, doncha think?</p>
<p>just home from S2’s (8th grade) well played baseball game, over a turkey cheddar bagel at Einstein’s S beamed and credited his coach for helping him improve his fielding, and for helping him see that although they were getting slammed in the first few innings, and could have “given up” they persevered and won, oh and and the coach focused on the persevering as what he was so impressed with…as a single mom I so appreciate the coaches who truly give these kids their best…</p>
<p>Lindz - your moment with S is one of the reasons we felt athletics were important to son… the whole persevere and dig deep thing. Yes, we ran into a few coaches we could have lived without and a few dad/coaches that had my H playing second chair just so the guy kept a little perspective, but mostly we had coaches who really cared and truly wanted to see the kids improve their character as much or more than their game. </p>
<p>SIL came over for dinner tonight. She specifically said that in her experience, her school would not be a good fit for a kid with Aspergers (and she should know since two of her three kids have it). It just isn’t set up to understand the nuances. She also said that she’s had some kids who get quite a lot of accommodations and she is very much willing to work with them. However, she has mixed success. Mostly, she says if they come to class she can do more to make sure they’re making progress on papers etc. But she has found that if they happen to be very literal, black and white thinkers, they don’t really understand metaphor and also struggle with critical thinking skills. She has been interested to see that they when reading other’s writing, they hugely struggle then with turning that into something new … using that style of writing. These are all big parts of the freshman composition curriculum and of course, the backbone of a LAC education. She also said, the numbers of these students, however, is growing and there is not a whole lot of support for the teachers either. Meaning, maybe if schools took some time to educate the instructors more, at a small school they’d be in a position to be more supportive. She happens to get it and it’s still sometimes hard on her available time. Just think of the professor who doesn’t? </p>
<p>My gold star for today was putting together a new gas grill for H. 
He bought the one he wanted and I put it together. It isn’t super duper fancy, but it’s pretty big, has a cabinet underneath and a side burner. My fingertips were sore from getting some of the screws started. Confusion: I ended up with two screws left over (as well as the flat and lock washers to match). They were so exact in the count that I went back and read through the entire direction book twice trying to see where I might have missed and can’t seem to find it. All I know is that it didn’t blow up when H lit it and the steaks were absolutely delicious! My job is done. He will cook all summer!!</p>