So, parents w/letters (I'm not bitter), what are candidates observations so far?

Colleges & Universities United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)
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<p>Just a humorous followup. Our son called last Sunday, and spoke with us on his cellphone. He laughed that someone had opened a window, and was taking a picture of the P/Cs all standing at attention while chatting. :)</p>

<p>So, in the course of the conversation, he’d mentioned that he’d written a lot of letters. :confused: “I’m sure I’ve written at least one or two to you guys as well !”</p>

<p>“ONE!” :mad: was my immediate reply. Not said mean, but just flat, firm, and absolute – lest there be any equivocation about the actual numerical count. I’m gonna go have that single-sheet letter bronzed. :D</p>

<h2>So, like LFWBdad, I guess I’ve gotten my letter for this year, :rolleyes: and need to move on. Remember, parents, to pace yourselves! (I’m repeating that mantra for myself, more than anyone else).</h2>

<p>Now, for a REAL public service, some of those clever parents w/form letters could post them… FOR NEXT YEAR’S PARENTS.</p>

<p>I’ve worried that we new parents(ok, maybe just me) are too frantic for any scrap of information about our plebe candidates. Well, if you want so great reading, go back 1 or 2 years about this time and read what THEY were going through! “Jamzmom”, “Prayerful Mom”, “8kidsmom”, and others are just great… And they were once just as nervous as we have been.</p>

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<p>Nervous? Nope. Scared is the better word. Hope you got to the post where I’d written about “the phone call” during that first year. It was the first finals week & I answered the phone thinking it was some prank call cause I heard this unknown voice on the other end saying “I’m going to take a chainsaw & ………”. That’s the only part I understood because it went directly into Linda Blair in the Exorcist. The voice was exactly the same. His head spun 360 degrees & he spewed forth green filth the likes of which I had never heard. It has been the one & only time I ever hung up on my kid. I didn’t hear from him for an entire week. I didn’t sleep for two. Just telling this story so if it happens to ya’ll, you won’t freak out too badly. The kids get a little stressed sometimes. :D</p>