Hang in there! You’ve got this and your break is just a few days away!
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DD is in the middle of finals, too, plus finishing one show and auditioning for another. A GI bug last week landing her in the health center. She’s commented many times that she’s ready to come home.
I, OTOH, have been a royal wreck. Not anything I anticipated since sending my DS was not a big deal. With him, allowing him to attend school thousand+ miles from home was hard but it was a selfless act for his greater good. With DD, I’m ready to throw all of that altruism out the window. I. Want. Her. Home. It has been so very hard. I never thought I’d miss her this much.
I can’t wait for Thursday, as she comes home! I am very thankful for Thanksgiving!!!
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DD is on a semester schedule so no finals this week but she has finally internalized an important lesson about English and History grading norms. She had been complaining for the past month that she does exactly what the teacher tells her but can’t break 90 on her papers. When she goes to the teachers to discuss they say that her work is really good and meets all of their expectations for the class but she needs to do more than that to get a better grade. She would then vent to me about how unfair that is, blah blah blah.
I got a text from her yesterday, all excited about getting a 98 on her most recent history assignment, saying that her teacher said she exceeded expectations. When I asked whether it was worth the extra effort she gave me a “definitely.” Was really happy to see her finally get it.
She then snapped a photo of a page filled with Chinese characters for another assignment with a tag “the grind never stops.” It will be great to have her home and for her to get the break she needs. We’ll see how much homework they pile on.
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New BS students quickly learn that “meets expectations” is not an A. Some parents take longer to get this message, IME.
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I love to share the anecdote about an intro Econ prof I had in college who was visiting from Oxbridge. We were told in the opening moments of the first class session that a B was a “perfect” score, and that an A required groundbreaking work in the field. I mean…
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