<p>H and I feel so out of it with D2. She is an athlete who verballed early in the spring and knows with her higher than 75% average scores she will be accepted. It's weird. I keep thinking she needs to get her essay done but her school says if you have a certain ACT English score you don't have to write one. Strange. This a surreal for us. I want her to apply to a back up school but she sees no need. It has been really hard for me to pull back knowing she could have gone to a higher academically rated school but I temper that with her excitement for the school she chose. sigh....it's tough being a mom!</p>
<p>It is finally hubby's turn to take D on a tour - they are on the way to Wooster and I am relaxing alone with the cat and a glass of wine. I did manage to leave a copy of the Harry Bauld book on the carseat as a subtile hint that she needs to start cracking on the essays when she gets back...anyone else using the book?</p>
<p>Rachacha: "Using it" would be a big lie but "possessing it and hoping that DDs put it to good use" would be accurate. DS (13)got a kick out of the author's name. He may be the only one of my children to give it a look to date. ;)</p>
<p>What are you pouring BTW? I'll be having a nice Sauvignon Blanc later this evening. Let us know how your D likes Wooseter...though it's immaterial to my geocentric daughters I am interested in learning about schools east of the Rockies.</p>
<p>NorthMinn: I get where you are coming from. It must be nice to have the whole thing over with but at the same time it must feel a little like you got your great big birthday present way early and have nothing to look forward to next April. Congratulations though on your gifted and athletic D I hope she finds all the happiness and stimulation you hope for her at her school! Believe me, there are many here who would be willing to trade places ;)</p>
<p>My D not only has the book and has read the book, but she has also done every exercise in the book. The secret of my success? It was assigned as summer homework for her English class!</p>
<p>jaf1991....Until I got to your last sentence I was starting to really dislike you ;)</p>
<p>Had a conversation with DS this afternoon about his essay, and all he could say was, "you write it for me." I think it's a little overwhelming to write about himself, so I've ordered the Harry Bauld book. Thanks for the recommendation!</p>
<p>Jaf1991--man, I wish that had been our assignment, instead of Three Cups of tea. Historymom, we have a pinot gris here--we can share!! cheers!</p>
<p>:clinks glasses w/ SJTH and offers up an Irish toast to all of us: </p>
<p>Yeah...my girls zipped right through the Once and Future King, Huck Finn and Catch 22. Three cups of Tea is on the "read it so that you may be abe to talk about it in an interview" list. My guess is that it will remain uread in favor of a third reading of Breaking Dawn, and a fifth or sixth reading of the entire HP series. </p>
<p>Sigh..........believe it or not you all make me feel way better. But if you tell me that your kids are in APs, fall sports that consume tons of time and are planning to take the ACT or SAT this fall I may start singing and dancing cuz then I will realy not be alone.</p>
<p>cpeltz As a former hs English teacher I can tell you that your son's reaction is really very normal. It is hard for young men and women to be reflective and write an essay about themselves. they often feel "braggy" and "Silly" One of my girls has a similar fear/antipathy toward personal writing. I asked her to just write a few sentences about what made her unique. Haven't seen them yet but I hope this will be a jumping off point for her. Best of Luck</p>
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<p>historymom, put on your dancing shoes and start warming up your vocal cords. Just don't forget the time consuming leadership role in the EC.</p>
<p>Historymom, okay, so my D is in APs and fall sports (with a time consuming leadership role) but she already took the SAT and she's not taking it again. But she's starting a job she intends to keep during the school year. </p>
<p>Will you post pics of the singing and dancing???</p>
<p>Oh, and thanks for the laugh earlier! I'm likable! Really!</p>
<p>Oh, historymom, no APs at our school, BUT varsity soccer, hard honors classes, AND I raise you 5 (different) pre-audition tapes to attempt to be accepted for an audition at 5 different music programs....all with distinct criteria....</p>
<p>::::clink::::2nd glass o'w(h)ine!!!</p>
<p>historymom, my D does sports but definitely not thinking about APs and SATs; she does seem to be one of the people planning the "senior prank" I assume that will either get her jail time or a really great essay.</p>
<p>Muffy - you just made me snort coffee all over the laptop. </p>
<p>historymom, I guess I'll be one of your backup dancers. I think we're building up a whole chorus line here.</p>
<p>Guess I need to join in, too! Soccer started this week and the APs are just waiting to pounce soon after. Muffy, my D may be joining yours as the annual soccer prank shoud take place this weekend. I have warned her she better not do anything to jeopardize her scholarship!!!! Arrgghhhh!!!!!!</p>
<p>I SPILLED THE COFFEE!! oh *****, </p>
<p>Okay D just finished the 5th book, one to go for statistics (who would have thought you actually had to read a book for it, I really thought it was a bunch of math problems.) One paper to do.</p>
<p>Do all teachers get together and say "how can we make these kids summer torture? and by the way have an added bonus of given parent nervous breakdown!" of course this would be mother, because father would not ever say how is the summer work going?</p>
<p>Add me to the chorus line.</p>
<p>Another singing, dancing mom here. School starts in 5 days and D hasn't finished her summer reading. Breaking Dawn comes first, apparently.</p>
<p>But she did manage to get her hair cut and buy a really cute shirt for her senior pictures tomorrow ;)</p>
<p>"...father would not ever say how is the summer work going?"</p>
<p>You mean to say, father even knows there is summer home work? Wow!</p>
<p>"Breaking Dawn comes first, apparently."</p>
<p>Well, of course. ;)</p>
<p>Came home last night and D was reading the Real Act Book <-- good!. I'm going to go find Baum's Essay book and order that now. Thanks for the suggestion. I saw her rough, ROUGH draft of an essay and she needs someone else but me (I'm wrong) to guide her on that.</p>
<p>How many of you have Daughters in love with Edward and Bella? I did read Twilight this summer to see what the fuss was about and admit that those last couple of chapters were very compelling.</p>
<p>Harriet, 4 giggles, PRJ et al: Yay for the back up dancers if you have any suggestions for costuming them I'm all ears but I am confessing that I would opt for maximum embarassment for our kids. Something truley awful. Keep you posted re the song...something ragtime and baudy calculated for maximum mortification of our beloved off spring.</p>