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<p>Kinda, but having never actually read a porn novel I may not have the best perspective!</p>
<p>Keep reading! I thought each of his books get progressively better as you go on!</p>
<p>D2 just got a letter from the Dean and President of old university congratulationg her on academics/Dean’s List. Made me wonder if she needs to notify them that she won’t be returning next year. Do you need to say anything officially??? She didn’t register for classes or housing but didn’t know if that was sufficient.</p>
<p>To paraphrase Supreme Court Justice Stewart re: obscenity, I know it when I read it!</p>
<p>looks like those books might be the ones to pick up LOL!!
I am in a venting frame of mind, and I cant do it with my D2. She should have gotten something at school, and did not, and a friend got it who shouldnt have. She is dissapointed and hurt and so am I , but it is not good to reinforce this. My D1 always lands on her feet, my D2 works hard and does better and doesnt get the recognition. My H is like D1 and I am D2 that is one reason it bothers me as I know how it feels. However in life I know much of it is attitude and how you deal with things , so I am trying to model that even though I am BS. I thought I would be better the second time around for colleges but if this is any example, I dont think so grrrrrrr!!!</p>
<p>DTE, I tried to send you a PM but your box is full.</p>
<p>sorry I cleaned out some of it. I have a million notifications on FB that I dont know what to do with either!!!</p>
<p>LOL, when my kids look over my shoulder when I am on Facebook, they always chide me for all the notifications, friends requests, etc. that I haven’t done anything about.</p>
<p>Whew! Worked on making cards for D2 to send to her Bridal party. I love my cricut! I love to work on my crafts but hate to clean up…guess I’ll do it in the morning! ;)</p>
<p>DTE, sorry to hear about your D2’s disappointment at school. Hard work always pays off eventually.</p>
<p>At S1’s job there are three interns who have been hired through AIESEC. These guys are all college grads, but I think the organization places undergrads as well. If anybody’s kids are looking for international work experience, that might be a route to explore. H said he was a member of AIESEC when he was in college.</p>
<p>S2 started his Chem 116 class yesterday and is starting out with a positive attitude. He has the same teacher who he took Chem 115 with last fall and likes her. The summer school pace is more than twice as fast as the regular semester (6 weeks rather than 15 weeks), but it is his only class. He tried to sign up for another class but reportedly couldn’t fit it around the chem lab schedule. It sounds like it is just as well. The professor was into scare mode on Monday about how much work would be required. We are driving out to visit him this week-end and my mother is coming up as well (just a two hour drive for her).</p>
<p>Analyst, thanks for the recommendation about AIESEC. I’ve started a document of memorable cc info. and have added this. There’s so much wisdom among the cc posters.</p>
<p>D1 finally started summer school yesterday - not intensive physics as she’d originally planned (not enough lab hours), but a softer science class that looks to be quite interesting.</p>
<p>dte, I’m sorry to hear about your D2’s experience, and can definitely commiserate. I’ve also got two daughters, and my D2 had something of a rough go this year with school disappointments. During the school year, I kept reminding myself that learning to deal with disappointments (and apparent randomness/unfairness) IS character-building. It’s been such a relief since school ended. I hope you and D2 can put this behind you, and enjoy the summer break. Our family is enjoying the mental break now - and we’ll definitely need any renewed strength we can muster once the school year starts up again.</p>
<p>Definitely going to pass along the AIESEC information to D. Analyst, we’re definitely benefitting from your experience. Sounds like a good trip this weekend. Not sure how D is doing with her summer class, hopefully well enough.</p>
<p>what is AIESEC?
D2 is now very happy because the situation got rectified.(friend also got privledge) she felt like her hard work was not being recognized and was angry/dissapointed. I ponder that life lesson thing. today I talked to her to prep her for college admissions, life is not fair, people dont always get what they deserve others get things they dont. sometimes ya win sometimes ya lose yada yada. My kids are about what is fair. i wonder if I’ve tried to make things too fair sometimes. because as we all learn as we get older, life isnt always fair. I also pointed out how fortunate she is and all the good things she gets too.</p>
<p>dte - Glad to hear things worked out for D2. Even knowing that life isn’t fair doesn’t always take the sting out:)</p>
<p>AIESEC used to stand for Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales but now they seem to just use the initials. It’s an organization that dates back to the 1940s and places interns internationally, among other things. Of the three interns at S1’s firm that found their jobs though this organization, one is from Scotland, one from England, and one from the U.S. All of their living costs are being covered and I think they are being paid as well.</p>
<p>yes, dte, that’s great the situation got rectified. </p>
<p>“My kids are about what is fair. i wonder if I’ve tried to make things too fair sometimes.” I also wonder that about my family. It’s very nice when things do work out fairly, however.</p>
<p>Yesterday we visited the state school that has the autism program. Taking the campus tour, I felt so depressed…that it would come to this - that my very bright son would be touring a lower tier state school and seriously considering it. </p>
<p>The two faculty members we met didn’t impress me in the least. (Both of the academic programs that he is considering seem weak.) Met with the Disablities office…that office seems to be all about scheduling quiet rooms in which students can take tests. The actual house for kids in the program scared me…when the lady said that none of their students drive, I felt kind of sick. The kids are in triples, which seems like the opposite of what they need. The boys’ room has only an old window A/C unit and the lady admitted that the wi-fi doesn’t work in their room.</p>
<p>The bombshell is that there actually isn’t a place open for the fall…H and I had read the emails independently and thought that they said there definitely IS a spot. It actually made me feel relieved…no decisions to make for a while; Son will go to cc in the fall.</p>
<p>It seems like I need to go back to the drawing board…maybe find the local school with the best disablities office (lots of folks have said that that was the thing that worked with their child…living “away” but very close to home.)</p>
<p>Next week I have yet another college visit trip with D, so I have to concentrate on getting caught up at work so I can be gone again. After D’s trip, then I can concentrate on Son again.</p>
<p>Oh, missypie, I am so sorry to hear that. What a disappointment. I do have faith that your S who is very bright and sounds like such a great young man with so much to offer will find his “fit”. In the meantime I send hugs and positive thoughts your way.</p>
<p>The lady in charge of the program actually said that academic success was the weakest point of the program. They are all about life and interpersonal skills, which is great for some but not really what we need.</p>
<p>missypie, that is very disappointing. But as you pointed out, no decisions need to be made which is a good thing. I know things will work out. S is going to go to cc in the fall and also work. We’ll see how that works out, but I think it’s a good thing. Lots of ups and downs. He did extremely well on the reading and writing evaluations but unfortunately his math was abysmal. I’m hoping he can pull himself out of that hole but it’s going to be a challenge. I had to wonder how he was able to graduate from high school. </p>
<p>I hope everything works out, missypie. He’s lucky to have you in his corner!</p>