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Doing papers in the olden days was certainly harder–not becaise of the reading/writing–it was because of the hassle of the library visits, xeroxing, etc etc…</p>
<p>Soooomuch easier now with the ability to google things–</p>
<p>The again–when I wrote papers–I had to type them on a typewrite my parents gave me for my 8th grade graduation- complete with the little white film/erase sheets etc…
The whole lineing up the sheet–marking the middle–couting the letters/spaces for the title–diovide by 2 to center it…whew…</p>
<p>I will saw however that often I have found a paper online–and it’s locked - so unless I am a member of that particular association–have had a hard time reading more than part of an abstract.</p>
<p>Can you pm me if you have some great research tools we may have missed here.</p>
<p>Praying that SAT scores are good</p>
<p>Our student has been away 2 weeks already–ADN has done laundrey twice including sheets/towels Yay! Getting a real taste of dorm life, eating in a college cafeteria/meal plan etc…
I asked who/how the bathroom gets cleaned–(worrying about foot fungus) and suggested that they buy cholorox wipes and a bath mat for inside the shower while there…</p>
<p>fogfog, no super secret research tricks to offer, it can be hit or miss for a layperson getting access to a paper depending on discipline and the published journal. I looked up two papers for D1 using plain vanilla Google, and batted .500 (nothing online for the first, first link for the second). Keep in mind that college students generally have access to extensive academic journal resources. I expect that they will only rarely be locked out.</p>
<p>Fog - I often need to acess papers published in journals or at meetings for work. Fortunately if I can’t get it myself online or through our electronic subscription service we have a librarian (not called that anymore but I can’t remember her title) who orders what I need. What she sometimes does when the cost of ordering a paper is high (or paper is no longer available) is to track down one of the authors ask them to email a copy to her. She has rarely been turned down. It may mean making a few phone calls, say to the main number of the university the author works at to get the direct line or to the headquarters of the company, but it doesn’t take long. </p>
<p>I remember typing papers. I always seemed to have the prof who would not accept papers with corrections. I was horrible at spelling and typing. My boyfriend (current H) used to sometimes help because he was better at both typing and spelling. I remember one night we were up til around 5am typing a paper. BF fell asleep on the couch only to have my Mother yell at him at 6am that this isn’t a flophouse. LOL.</p>
<p>I have S doing his own laundry this summer. He has done occasional laundry but not on a regular basis. He was given 3 shirts to were at the camp he is working, so he must do laundry at least once a week, right? I suggested to him last night he put a load in. He proceeded to start a load with only his two dirty camp shirts. I mean really, this kid may be able to do well in AP classes, but has absolutely no common sense.</p>
<p>yes it is true–they can be so bright and still–don’t think through little tasks like a load of laundrey…</p>
<p>then again I multi task much better than DH–
and am trying to teach multi tasking and knowing how to get stuff done–to the kiddos.</p>
<p>Like–strip the bed, do the laundrey and then do vaccum, take a shower–and then put laundrey in dryer… So that you get stuff done while washer is running etc…
Same for cooking…</p>
<p>The multi-tasking gene must be more female than male (no offense, guys, I’m just sayin…)</p>
<p>I know a seemingly normal man who, when you ask what he did today (on a Sat or day off, for example), replies in all seriousness, “Oh, it was great, I got 3 loads of laundry done, all folded and put away.”</p>
<p>I usually just go, “uh-huh.” Don’t have the heart to tell him I frequently do that before 8 am, while having fixed/eaten breakfast, planned the week’s meals, written the grocery list, showered, dressed, replied to emails (maybe a little CC, too), balanced the checkbook, taken out the garbage, driven D to school, and checked on my mother, for crying out loud. Then my actual day’s work begins. :)</p>
<p>My D is now on her own with laundry, too. No more making lunches, either. Although that has its sentimental side - but she’s the type who NEEDS the responsibility of dealing with it on her own. Next, to get her to pitch in more on household chores. She was great helping when our freezer defrosted itself a couple of weeks ago.</p>
<p>For her, summer “study” is finding and reading plays and monologues - and she’s putting in solid work on that. I offered to order some from the library; she was grateful, and gave me a list. So it’s a collaborative effort. I can do that.</p>
<p>My H is way more productive than I am. Typically when I am away, he cleans out the whole basement, or garage, or closets I’ve been “meaning” to get to. It’s embarrassing! (A lot of it is being lonely and bored without me.) Lucky for D1, she takes after him.</p>
<p>“…I have found a paper online–and it’s locked - so unless I am a member of that particular association–have had a hard time reading more than part of an abstract. Can you pm me if you have some great research tools we may have missed here.”</p>
<p>I don’t PM, and I know it’s slightly off topic for this thread, but…many public libraries subscribe to services that allow their card holders to get access to many professional journals – common and obscure. We can get access to most of these materials on line (through the library member site), but sometimes have to go to the library.</p>
<p>Also…if you have a university nearby and know a professor or student — they can usually get access to items their university subscribes to.</p>
<p>I have minimal feeling or control over my hands so typing papers on a typewriter was torture for me. I actually became an accountant b/c we had to write so few. Interesting what determines our destiny.</p>
<p>I am obviously doing something wrong here. My son is at the beach, while I am home revising his resume (Ok, he added all the new info, and I told him I would make it look nice) and doing his laundry for the trip he leaves on tomorrow.</p>
<p>Some good news for my 2011 son: Roche labs offered him a computer science internship for the school year. He’ll work there several afternoons a week. He’s only signed up for AP English, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics, AP U.S. and AP Econ/Govt and his school is on block scheduling so he has some time to find out what it is like to work in computers at this pharmaceutical/medical device company near his school. This could be a nice resume builder if he would think about colleges beyond Purdue but I’ll just be happy if they offer him a summer job next summer and he qualifies for Merit at Purdue in 2011.</p>
<p>i came from a large family that rotated the chores, sowe all learned to do laundry early. When I got to college, my freshman roomate (only child) had no idea how to do it. I gave him a quick class (whites vs. colors; hot vs. cold; folding shirts). He was amazed. About three weeks later I got the sweetest note in the mail from his mom thanking me. Pretty funny.</p>
<p>Only!! My S has 3 AP’s and I think that is enough. Congratulations on the internship. I hope he learns a lot (like I like doing this or not) before you spend $$ sending him to college to learn more.</p>
<p>“typewriter…complete with the little white film/erase sheets etc…” </p>
<p>That was a huge improvement over using white out or erasers! My dad qualified for IBM discounts, so my secretarial mom has some loveley selectric typewriters. We thought it was very high tech. I had a devil of a time giving away the last one about 10 years ago, but it was too good to throw in the landfill!</p>
<p>Well just looked up S’s subject test scores. He did great on WH. Lit was good, but
math2 lower than I would have liked. He did very little prep and the scores are obviously a reflection of that. He may get lucky and not have any schools that want subject tests. </p>
<p>Just looked at Ds SAT I scores. Went up 70 pts in CR, down by 20 in Math but the shocker is writing went down 90 points…UGH!!! Essay was same score which is good because she didn’t finish her essay so I am glad its not lower. Score in CR+M went up 50 points…not exactly what I was hoping for…Let’s hope ACT comes out better next week.</p>
<p>Mamom, That is my hope - that S1 finds out if he likes the more technical computer science jobs rather than the creative ones. He is very creative and artistic and I’d rather he aimed for schools with a focus on animation or computer game design, rather than strict computer science. I’d hate for him to be stuck in a cubicle all day doing something boring when he is capable of being the next Avatar animator. We’re waiting for the results of his AP computer science, English lang and 2D art from this year. He’s in all APs next year because the alternatives would be large classes with unmotivated, disruptive students. The APs at his school are not outstanding but they are better than regular classes.</p>
<p>Good luck to all waiting for SATs, ACT and APs!</p>
<p>Well our student retook the Sat2s–after being so tired in May and prep fo the APs etc the scores really needed to be better.
Though there wasn’t much prep going in–I think our kiddo was a bit more relaxed…hard to tell with a mixed bag.
Kiddo went up in one 70 pts and up 110 pts in the other. Definitely worth taking those again. Down 60 pts in the last one–so the first score will stanf IF any school needs 3 SAT2s. Kiddo had said the body of questions on the physics seemed hard the second time.</p>
<p>Well it is what it is–so until the Sept ACT (which will likely be kiddo’s last test until APs next May) I suppose the we will be done with SAt/SAT2s. The ACt was a better test for kiddo so I don’t expect a second run at the SAT in the fall unless mandatory. </p>
<p>Guess I had better look at that school list and see if any of the schools do not accept ACT with writing scores.</p>
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I had terrible insomnia last night–and got up 3am est to check–because I wasn’t recalling the posting time correctly. ha ha guess its a “coffee” kind of day ;o)</p>