<p>I always tell S, “Honey, this is not the first time in your life when someone you think is dumb will be the boss of you.” He just mutters.</p>
<p>I’m curious. When did “the boss of you” or “the boss of me” become the standard usage, instead of “your boss”? I’ve heard this usage a lot lately (not just here), and I don’t quite get why it’s used.</p>
<p>I use it for fun. Because it doesn’t just mean being someone’s boss. It means a deeper bossing around. It’s what little kids say when they are really frustrated:</p>
<p>“You are not the boss of me!”</p>
<p>I am one of the grammar patrol who believes that every rule is made to be broken if it advances communication.</p>
<p>Alumother,</p>
<p>You made me 
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<p>Bassdad, Rutgers-nb made the list again. I was surprised to see the College of Charleston on there too.</p>
<p>NEmom,</p>
<p>Yep. Just goes to show that the right kind of hook can make up for lots of C’s and D’s. Also, keep in mind that both these high schools are in NJ and both send a lot of kids to Rutgers. The GC’s may be able to exert some influence in the admissions office for a kid with more potential than the GPA might indicate.</p>
<p>Bassdad: No apologies needed, it just confirms my belief of how ‘good’ my high school actually was.</p>
<p>Places my fellow classmates (from my honors classes!) are:
Bloomsburg U. of Pa. (2.1)
Centenary College (2.0) (If this is the school I’m thinking of, she’s doing equestrian studies on a partial scholarship)
Clarion U. of Pa. (2.4)
Drexel U. (2.0)
East Stroudsburg U. of Pa. (2.1)
Fairleigh Dickinson U. (1.5)
U. Hartford (2.1) (He’s on full scholarship, though)
Howard U. (2.4)
Pennsylvania State U., University Park (2.4) (They must have had a major hook – that GPA wouldn’t get you to UP in-state!)
Temple U. (2.4)</p>
<p>And this is just from looking at my facebook friends :p</p>
I realize this is an old thread, but I wanted to comment for those who may be reading it now. As the parent of a profoundly gifted child, now a college student, you will probably not like what I have to say. Forget about him being gifted. You heard me right. Let it go. Let him be a kid. Truth be told, elementary/middle/high school is just a small drop in the bucket of life. I’m not saying let him fail, etc., but take a step back and let him guide himself, as long as he’s getting respectable grades. So what if he’s bored? My kid was bored for 13 years. I finally stopped fighting the school system, fighting for special accommodation, fighting for recognition., etc. In the end, it didn’t matter. I didn’t force any AP classes on him (AP is just MORE work, not harder work, so I knew it was pointless for him. Besides, all his friends took all AP classes and had 4-6 hours of homework a NIGHT. I wanted my son to have time to pursue his passions instead, and I was RIGHT. He took one AP class his senior year just for fun and smoked all his friends ;). He got a scholarship based on his SATs alone (GPA was not stellar), and he got into his first-choice college (not the TOP school in his field, but the best in his field closest to home, because as it turns out, he didn’t want to go very far away, so it was a moot point to try for an ivy-league school). If you keep pushing him/worrying about his grades/pestering him, all you’re going to end up with is a kid who finds everything easy, never learns to fend for himself, and never learns how to study or maintain grades. And all it’s going to do is give you an ulcer. Gifted kids edge toward anxiety and depression as it is; better to let them do the things that make them happy rather than school, school, school. Success is 1/4 intelligence, and 3/4 drive. Gifted kids don’t necessarily have drive, and there’s nothing you can do about it. I was a gifted student, and it took me until I was 30 years old to figure out what I wanted to do, and to really find the drive to do it. Make sure he knows homework is his responsibility, not yours, and walk away. Trust me 
This thread is ten years old!! I didn’t even know there was a CC back then.
One note (and I am not a mod, so take it FWIW), if you see an old topic you want to comment on, it is better to open a new thread. It is okay to note it was from an old one, but generally it is better to start a new one.