Seriously, What's Wrong With Me???

smile_dog
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:51:53 +0000

Can I tell you how addicted I am to this board? I don’t think so. I only discovered it earlier this spring after my oldest son had been through the college process under his own steam (he had some very clear notions of how he wanted to do this and a truly stellar college counseling office to assist along the way, so there was little required of me beyond the usual motherly pacing and fretting which I tried very hard to keep to myself!). And yet I still find that I check in at least weekly with an occasional binge of several times in one day.

For me, it serves a couple of purposes. One, it has given me a way to help diffuse what I see as rampant anxiety and a drive for the so-called “Top” among teenagers today. It breaks my heart to read what some of the students are posting about their very deep wish to attend an Ivy League school (or worse yet, their parents’ very deep wish that they attend an Ivy League school), or about their feelings of inadequacy that their scores aren’t what they wished for, etc. But if there is one thing I have learned it is that there is no single place that is right for everyone, while there is someplace where everyone can find what they’re looking for, so I spend time on this board trying to preach that gospel.

The other purpose it serves for me is that I often get a good chuckle out of you folks! You really are very funny and I do love to laugh (or at least smile, thus the moniker).

The last purpose will come into play when S2’s turn at the plate comes up in 4 years. This is a terrific source of information.