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colette
Posts: 374
Joined: Jul 2009
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Thursday April 22, 2010 5:33 PM
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Stand your ground, Gabriele. Until he gets to college, you still have the final say in his education.
Check to see if he can take Economics as a summer school class, preferably in a community college if the high school has an agreement that high school classes in community college count towards high school diploma AND college credit.
What honors Algebra is he taking -- I or II? If memory serves me right the sophmore year is for Geometry and junior year is for Algebra II. I would encourage him to stick to Geometry. It is a far different math than Algebra. I would not want him to "burn out" on math, even if he thrives on it. I think to take Algebra II one needs a full understanding of Geometry. Check with his guidance counselor.
One more note . . . check out Guatemala + volunteer. There is a program where American students as young as 14 can volunteer in a Guatemala government-sponsored program. This program was featured in Family Circle magazine about 12 years ago. A knowledge of Spanish is required. I do not know the cost. The magazine article highlighted a boy from Harlem who went to Guatemala to give vaccines to the children. This kind of volunteering would look good on his college application, as well as his first job application.
I just tried my local HS and it is after 4:00 p.m., & the ppl have vanished for the day. :-( Anyhow, stick to your guns. He can "play around" with electives in college as to what he wants to do. I am a big believer in being "well-rounded" in high school curriculum, also.
Sincerely,
Colette
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myonly
Posts: 318
Joined: Apr 2010
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Wednesday April 28, 2010 9:19 PM
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Dear Colette and Min-Shih,
I meant to relay to you how our course selection dilemma played-out. Joe did present his reasons for wanting to pursue marketing, and he did his homework and presented a good case. I respect the fact that he felt strongly enough to do some background homework on what this class would offer him. I made my viewpoint known and he heard me out as well. We also checked with the dept. head in languages, as sometimes the higher-level courses depend on enrollment to actually be offered in the Fall. This happens to be the case with 3rd-year Spanish. In the end, I let him make the decision. I was impressed with his maturity in working through the whole process and am satisfied with his decision. However, I did let him know that if, for any reason, the Marketing class is a no-go in September, that he will be taking Spanish III if it is offered.
Colette, the idea of taking summer classes was a good one. However, Joe will be a camp counselor at Boy Scout Camp for the entire summer, so that wouldn't work for us this year. Also, he works so hard during the year that the idea of taking courses in the summer (at least right now) makes him wince. He doesn't have much longer to be a "kid"! Adult responsibilities start to come fast and furious once he's on his own.
Thanks again to you both for giving me advice. Oh, and by the way, I did get to visit my parents last Friday and had a wonderful day. We went to the Farmer's Market (my all-time, hands-down favorite place!), and just spent time together. AND I felt like their daughter again - my mom chased me out of the kitchen when she was trying to cook, and my dad scolded me for playing around in the creek that runs through the length of our yard. It felt great.
Have a great evening everyone.
Lots of love,
Gabriele
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myonly
Posts: 318
Joined: Apr 2010
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Friday April 30, 2010 4:37 PM
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Dear Min-Shih,
I'm so glad to hear that your wife's lab results were all normal. I hope, too, that her new motivation with her exercises keeps going strong.
Well, it's supposed to be in the 80s here this weekend, so I'm hoping to get outside and do some gardening. We put in a group order at work for Michigan Bulb, and all the plants/starters just came in. I bought some ferns, cyclamen, and bleeding hearts. We have a shady area in the front yard that I have earmarked for some of them.
Yes, the son in high school is also the one that had the lawnmower accident this week. The finger is healing, but it still looks frightening (perhaps because he had to have the top taken off!). There was no bone damage or loss, thank heavens. The skin should heal, as it was mainly some fat and the epidermis that was lost. It still looks like something out of a horror movie, which by the way I NEVER watch. I am a chicken, through-and-through.
I haven't heard anything from the neuro-psychiatrist. I was going to give her a week to review her results and (hopefully!) dictate a letter to my husband's primary doc and neurologist. I will e-mail her at the end of the next week if I haven't heard anything, and ask her to forward me a copy of her results from the evaluation.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Regards,
Gabriele
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