<p>so what’s the deal with the meta-thread? I’m now blocked to access of it. anyone else having a problem?</p>
<p>jym and I noticed that yesterday. I think the mods must have gotten sick of it.</p>
<p>All good things come to an end.</p>
<p>mythmom - my D isn’t a fish eater either - and it’s not just because she’s a vegetarian. She didn’t eat fish even before that. Maybe you should try tilapia - it’s very, very mild tasting.</p>
<p>kitkat - D is taking her first AP on Friday. She’s having a problem studyiing for it because after sports and music and doing her other homework, it is already after midnight, and she ends up falling asleep on her book. She is getting very stressed and frustrated with herself.</p>
<p>Congratulations to NorthMinnesota’s daughter and her family! I’m glad she went for the Division I school. It seems like it would give her more time for the fun of being in college.</p>
<p>There’s been exam studying going on here, Kitkat. The kids met at local coffee shops for review. My son said it really helped him, as hearing other kids talk about things revived his memory. They had a good group. They divided up topics, wrote up summaries on their topics and e-mailed them around. There were one or two who didn’t come through with what they should have, but by and large it was extremely successful.</p>
<p>Lo and behold the eye twitch is gone! Look what making a decision can do! Guess I really was under stress! DH says I need to get a grip! ;)</p>
<p>Thanks 2blue!</p>
<p>Lots of solitary study going on here. Wish she would do the study group but she never does. Had dry run exams today for Lang and Euro…they just count for her real grade in the class so she is more nervous for those than the real deal.</p>
<p>LIMOMOF2:</p>
<p>Here’s the Maple Salmon Recipe I got online and use all the time:</p>
<p>1/4 cup maple syrup
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 pound salmon </p>
<p>DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl, mix the maple syrup, soy sauce, garlic, garlic salt, and pepper.
Place salmon in a shallow glass baking dish, and coat with the maple syrup mixture. Cover the dish, and marinate salmon in the refrigerator 30 minutes to 2 hours (I always marinate mine for 2 hours), turning once.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Place the baking dish in the preheated oven, and bake salmon uncovered 20 minutes.
Pour marinade from baked fish onto sauce pan and reduce (boil on medium high) for around 5 to 8 minutes; watch closely, this can burn because of the maple syrup. Pour over salmon.</p>
<p>Hooray for the departure of the twitch, and the relaxed senior year your household will have, NorthMinnesota!</p>
<p>Ugh, AP stress is running high in our house. Wish the non-AP teachers would be a little kinder about assigning papers during this week and next. Also, the school lets kids go home early the afternoon before a morning AP . . . but they’re still responsible for whatever goes on in the classes they miss, if they choose to do that. S1 is doing his best to study, but since everything else is rolling along as usual, there aren’t too many extra pockets of time.</p>
<p>Harriet - And there’s S, relaxed as ever inspite of AP exams and a play this weekend to boot.</p>
<p>Colby, S’ college, is NOT taking anyone off their waitlist according to a post on the Colby forum. All I could think of - triples in dorms? I wonder if they’ll give us a tuition break? (Keep on dreaming, mountains.)</p>
<p>Good morning, all!</p>
<p>Re: APs, S will take the AP Psych test next week; he’s self-studying for it (after a fashion…). I did notice a test prep book propped up, open, on the towel bar in his bathroom, so hope springs. He’s taken two practice tests – well, the multiple-choice parts, anyway – out of a test prep book, and showed improvement between the two. It’s a little scary that he took 20 minutes for the multiple-choice the first time, and 25 minutes the second time; the allotted time is 70 minutes.</p>
<p>I think the tuition break is a dream, mountains, but maybe less $$ for a forced triple. I’ve heard that some places give a discount for that.</p>
<p>bethie - I hope they don’t have to go the forced triple route; I’d rather not have the discount. Interesting waitlist results this year. I’ve been following the “waitlist success” thread on the College Admissions forum, and you have Princeton going to their waitlist and Colby not.</p>
<p>I hadn’t tried to get onto the meta thread since yesterday afternoon, so I had no idea access was blocked.</p>
<p>mountains -thank you for that salmon recipe - it sounds so good, I think I’m going to make it for dinner one night this weekend. About Colby not taking anyone off its waitlist - I think that’s the third or 4th school I heard that about! I agree, probably no tuition break, but if they have to triple up the dorm rooms, you should definitely get a break there. But I hope that doesn’t happen!</p>
<p>owlice - I’m impressed that your S is self-studying for the Psych AP - good for him! That’s something I could never see my S doing. If it’s not required he doesn’t do it. </p>
<p>NorthMinnesota - I’m so glad you’ve gotten rid of your eye-twitch - it must have been driving you crazy! </p>
<p>As far as the AP studying - D has done some group study (one night), and I’m not sure how much actual studying got done. She has been studying on her own - but as Harriet said, with everything else continuing as usual, it’s really hard to find the extra time. She is starting to feel the stress now.</p>
<p>My daughter,as usual, ran late to her AP Calc test this morning. I have failed as a mother–I am always early and she is always late.
(Notice I’m not talking about the salmon–that makes it hard for me to stay on a diet for my HS reunion (40th!))
How big of a deal is the HS grad party supposed to be? My parents never did anything for me so I’m clueless here.
Also, anyone here still waiting for waitlists? Not that my daughter will actually clear, but you always wonder.</p>
<p>Oh, and RIP, metathread–that was very funny!</p>
<p>mountains: yea, I noticed that as well…some high fliers are going to the waitlist while some “under the radar” are not…Hmmmmm…I’m sure someone on CC will have a theory at some point (you know, papa chicken, hawkette or token adult…they are always good for that…here at the vigil, it’s really about the food!!!)…</p>
<p>oh, and regarding AP tests, my D had a meltdown last night before this morning’s AP Calc test b/c “she really did not feel like studying, and realized she didn’t know alot…”…glad to know it’s only elective credit she would be placing out of…this year really does need to be over already…</p>
<p>Another non fish eater checking in, do we have an official reason for</p>
<p>the disappearance of the lamented meta-thread?</p>
<p>my guess is we had our computer privileges revoked…</p>
<p>hope our kids don’t find out :-D</p>
<p>Lurker here, mostly, because this thread makes me too hungry.</p>
<p>Re APs: I am so relaxed. You can tell I’m headed into the home stretch. I have decided not to nag about studying AT ALL. It’s so liberating–I’m practicing for his young adulthood. The truth is, his AP Lit class was just terrible, and it’s nearly impossible to “study” for that one. He should be fine with the other two (Stat, ES).</p>
<p>With nothing left to obsess about, I cruised the towel aisle at Target last weekend. My son could care less about towels; he’s mounting a sales pitch for a new camera lens. He got an extra small merit scholarship that he’s treating like “found” money and I’m treating like, well, tuition. Silly me.</p>
<p>geezermom–too funny–same deal here–I bought the navy towels at Target–my son laughed at my need to “prepare” – but I admit I have found some other things to continue to obsess about—“is it really the right match, etc.”</p>
<p>…no worries about AP’s here–actually I’ve pretty much had a mostly hands off philosophy for years–and has been pretty effective at getting my kids to own their hw, projects…</p>
<p>Kathyc: Two things! First about the graduation party, I suggest that you check to see what your D expects. Then do what she wants, within financial reason. Our S doesn’t want a party, so we will oblige. We’ll celebrate quietly with the immediate family.</p>
<p>Second, I attended my 41st HS reunion last year. I just went as myself, extra weight and all, and had a wonderful time. All of the old cliques and barriers didn’t seem to exist anymore. Everyone had experienced their share of hardships and losses as well as successes, and no one seemed to care how other people looked.</p>
<p>We have no AP anxiety in our house. My S is taking only 2 AP tests, even though he is in 4 AP classes. One of the tests is for a subject that he is fascinated with and has done lots of reading on his own for, but for which our school does NOT offer the course. He is just going to take the world history test cold, with no preparation. His college accepts ap credit only for languages, physics, chemistry, and math-type subjects, and he doesn’t want to get into accelerated courses for them. So he didn’t see the point in taking those or the english lit test (for which he would get no credit). He is SO laid back about the tests he is taking that I hope he remembers to actually go to the tests instead of his regular classes.</p>