<p>Congratu-congratu-congratulations! Which makes sense if you know your Charlotte's Web.</p>
<p>Don't know the backstory on TSFH, but trust me, they do grow up and mature.</p>
<p>This is so exciting. TSFH.</p>
<p>First sluggson, now TSFH! Amazing! </p>
<p>Clearly, adcom applies a bendy curve to boys' applications. Yipppppeeeee!</p>
<p>Please let this phenomenon last for the college class of '13, and keep right on rolling till the class of '19. Two squirrelly boys needing college educations.</p>
<p>Actually I have a funny littlest son story. </p>
<p>He is nine. Yesterday when he was doing homework (writing a paragraph about a book he's reading) he asked me, "Mom, what's a more sophisticated word for 'stupid'?"</p>
<p>LOL! Love it. I'll keep the phenom uppermost in my hopes for those who follow in our messy footsteps, especially the SBboys.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the words of shared amazement and support. TSFH stood in front of the "college application organizer whiteboard" chart last night and crossed 4 schools off the list, after I noted that if there were any schools that fell well below Purdue on his list, he might not need to do the applications for them. (His response? "That's a DAMN GOOD POINT!" after which he picked up a red dry-erase marker and started crossing out. Nothing like a little less work to get the motivation going.)</p>
<p>It's Friday! (Except in those parts of the world where it's Saturday already.) I'm still buying, whatcha all having? :)</p>
<p>Congrats! I know how welcome those acceptances can be at this time of year. I'll take a non starbucks cafe latte, please!</p>
<p>He's a classic, mootie.</p>
<p>S2 filled out a college app today (ED done, four more to go). The app asked for a one word description of the applicant. S2's response: Smooth</p>
<p>Whaddya think? Should I send a case of Sav Blanc along with the app in the hopes they might get out that bendy curve for Chickenlips?</p>
<p>And to all: THAT'S A DAMN GOOD POINT!!!! We don't even need a more sophisticated word for stupid. (How cute is that?) He he. To all of us MOSs.....</p>
<p>Prediction: a kid who seeks a more sophisticated word for stupid will not likely join the ranks of fifth-grade boys who stop writing the essay mid-sentence once they reach the minimum word count. Hence: SBMom's position among the We-Are-Not-Alone Mothers of Sons could be in jeopardy. We will have to bump her up, once Littlest is the only one left in the home nest, to the more elite How-did-I-get-this-Non-Slacker-Shocked-and-Amazed Mother of Sons group. The one that mootmom and cheers are on the cusp of entering. :D</p>
<p>jmmom,</p>
<p>Sorry to inform you but you too are in the Shocked and Amazed group, no? A kid studying engineering at JHU? If he's a slacker I am setting the bar way too low in my house...</p>
<p>But I think part of the slacker boy club is the incantation we all chant - My Boy is A Slacker Who Is More Trouble Than He's Worth - in order to keep the eyes of the possibly malevolent gods off these dearest creatures. After all, don't we still remember when they had that fluffball hair and chubby cheeks and even those fat little marshmallow feet?</p>
<p>Mootie
CONGRATS!!!!!!!! That is WONDERFUL news!!! This has been a bumpy, but fun ride!</p>
<p>SBmom-
Synonym for "stupid" - How about "intellectually challenged"? But wait-- here is a better living example of STUPID (from today's Atlanta paper -- I kid you not). There was a contest to design a new license plate. The one with the most votes so far picked a black and white design because "it would be easier for the police to see" :eek: (why on EARTH would we want that???)- and the second runner up was a tag with the slogan "Dumber than Alabama"
Here's the exact quote from the newspaper... should anyone really want proof that the only problem with Atlanta is that it is surrounded by Georgia! </p>
<p>"....She chose black and white because she thought it would be easy for police to see. She drew the Cherokee rose. "I liked that instead of a peach for a change." A transplant from Michigan 18 years ago, she added the "Georgia on my mind" slogan "just 'cause I liked it."</p>
<p>The runner-up in the voting was a tag with the slogan "dumber than Alabama."
(AJC.com)
Cheers- maybe this is the definition of "smooth".... though personally I like it for your son...</p>
<p>Forgot to mention...
jmmom and alu-
There must be something in the air! My slacker 11th gr s. finally GOT it!! We had just returned from a rather disappointing UVA presentation (scratched it right off the list). Anyway.. we were talking about colleges and what he wants (sun, surf, ski slopes, babes, and a few classes here and there...). Anyway, He started to read about Claremont McKenna and Pomona in the Yale Daily New's "Insiders Guide to Colleges" (great book if you or your kiddos haven't seen it). Anyway- he jumped up and said "THIS is what I am looking for in a college!". He then read the stats.. the SAT scores, the percent in the top 10th, etc, and realized why I had been pushing his little tail.. He first looked dejected, and then seemed to internalize it and get motivated. For a brief period of time at least, I think I can back off "nag mode". He "gets it"..... whew.... Lets see if it lasts. He hasn't read about U of Miami yet. He may forego the ski slopes for the less rigorous environment-- focus more on the beach and babes.... We'll see..</p>
<p>Alu - my S is now and always has been a Hybrid (kind of like the Prius? or maybe better the Escape?). Some constantly changing percentage mix of slacker-manque and overachiever-manque. Never quite planting himself firmly in either group, but rather dabbling richly in both worlds. So, yeah, I'm an imposter in the Slacker Mom group but have no place in the Mom of Prodigies group. Still, he spent enough time On the Job that I can't even claim Shock and Awe when the achievements roll in. Oh well, that's okay, I "get" the rants of all the moms :).</p>
<p>And, yes, he was a slacker during those fluffball hair and marshmallow feet years, too. I know, because I wanted to strangle the moms of kids who would quietly sit for hours examining all aspects of an interesting block. "Quietly sit?" "For hours?" A foreign language.</p>
<p>LOL "Dumber than Alabama."</p>
<p>cheers, Among all the "motivated"s and "passionate"s, I'll bet they only got one "smooth!" In fact, it is a very evocative and, from your posts, accurate word!</p>
<p>BTW The synonym my son chose was "ignorant."</p>
<p>jmmom, I think between us we may have one whole son, because though littlest S is startlingly verbal, he pretty much bites at math. So, Alu, I understand how a JHU kid could be a grunter & a worry to his mom, because I suspect I may have a future novelist who will need to count on his fingers to make change.</p>
<p>Check this out, all. Older S changed schools this year. At his new school the grades are posted online and constantly updated. Can you imagine, catching a pending disaster before it is insurmountable? Being able to refute "I'm doing fine in all my classes" with hard evidence? Knowing if the homework ever made it in? </p>
<p>Be still my heart! The Goddess of the worried Moms of sons has smiled upon me. :)</p>
<p>SBMom - kind of like OnStar for schoolwork?</p>
<p>Exactamundo. And I visualize it as a nice big bullwhip.</p>
<p>After almost 4,000 posts, I think Sinner's Alley deserves to be "stuck" at the top of the Parent Cafe Forum! Keep having fun...</p>
<p>collegemom, Oh NO! that might kill the thread! Most of our conversations trail off, then get going again when someone rescues from Page two... Please reconsider!</p>
<p>You want to be "unstuck"??? :confused: :D</p>
<p>I'll wait for more "sinners" to chime in and would be happy to unstick you all. I just thought you deserved an official spot in the cafe (or bar, as it were).</p>
<p>I think the denizens are all pretty good at rescuing SA from the depths of Page 2 whenever it mistakenly slips there... don't y'all? I think we should be unstuck -- visitors here will find us if they want us, and by sticky-ing us, it makes us look like some official CC-blessed-as-of-prime-importance thread, which (c'mon let's be honest) we only are when there's something earthshattering or hilarious that we need to share with others. Sort of the meta-Cafe thread. It's more <em>real</em> if it's not <em>official</em> somehow.</p>
<p>Y'know?</p>
<p>I vote for unstickying.</p>