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Congratulations! Welcome Baby Nabby. She is adorable!
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27 minutes ago, HomeAgain said:
It's bad enough that last year's chocolate bunnies are still in the fridge, lol.
Same for a few of my family members, ahem. Will that stop me from buying more bunnies and chocolate eggs? No.
My annual Easter party will continue, though with fewer and fewer children each year. We do a big potluck with lots of friends. Our contribution is usually ham, sweet potatoes, and a lemon curd- topped lemon cake with strawberries, plus pretty paper napkins and lots of chocolate.
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5 hours ago, SKL said:
It's nice that the humanities had such a "profound impact" on some people. We are all wired differently. Different things impact us differently. The idea that everyone needs to study lots of humanities courses because they had a "profound impact" on some people is flawed IMO.
I think the profound impact is at the societal level, not the individual level.
As Regentrude mentioned and my musician dd found, European students and the larger society value the humanities in a different and tangible way. Dd met a mom of 4 who was getting her third Master's in music performance, because she could. The society is set up for her to achieve this goal: she has had excellent health care, childcare, education for her children, and very inexpensive graduate school. She's never going to be a famous performer or have an impact on the scholarly field but what she brings to her family, her community, the larger society, and the "great conversation" across generations is valued and profound in that context.
Imagine our American culture adopting the same posture.
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5 hours ago, wathe said:
I am very glad that it was in my purse.
You really are a hero. I noticed this in the purse thread, who knew you would have to use it so soon? You've inspired me.
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Here's my plug for a third option - finding another adult mentor for her in a subject/extracurricular that she loves. Of course social time with peers is important but this is a great age to find an adult who is passionate and skilled at something your daughter loves eg sewing, snowboarding, nature journaling, etc. Spending focused time with another adult can really take the edge off the interest in school as they realize they wouldn't have time to do that if they were in school. Of course, this might not work for your student but these were important relationships for all of mine and helped make the transition to high school at home easier.
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1 hour ago, kokotg said:
He got into Amherst!! We're kind of stunned here right now. (Rejected at Williams, but who cares now?!)
Love Amherst! Yay!
Yay for need-affirmative admissions at Amherst too. (Not saying you need that, it's just a great feature of Amherst.)
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A brief bit of a workout then ten hours of driving. Not helpful but I get youngest home for a week!
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1 hour ago, PronghornD said:
Well, our kid is currently working on an M.M. in Music Composition, after earning a B.M. in Music Composition. After another year or so, they may go for their doctorate! I'm a little nervous to set foot in this thread lol. I'd guess many of you think we are foolish. However, our kid actually finished college. Yay! They would not have with some of the more lucrative degrees. And they are maturing and growing, developing writing skills, presenting skills, teaching skills, adulting skills. Good for them! That's just what we want for our child.
Our kid got a full tuition music scholarship for undergrad and an assistantship for grad school. We have been able to help with expenses as needed, so they have no debt at all. They know that music is an insecure job area, but it is important enough to them that they want to try anyway. And what is the worst case scenario? How many of you are still working in the career you went to college for? Don't a pretty significant portion of adults end up switching careers a time or two? My husband has a bachelor's in sociology and a master's in social science. He made a nice living in business.
Some kids are not made for a conventional, financially lucrative pathway. We are parenting the kid we have, not some sort of ideal kid we wished we had. Our kid is personable and smart and responsible, the kind of person who sees something that needs to be done and volunteers to make it happen. They will find their way.
I'm here with you, but ready to get flamed by the responsible parents 🙂
Musician dd has a BM in performance, one Master's in performance, and is a week away from her second Master's in musicology. This last degree is in response to her passion for research, not a true pivot to marketability. My take has always been two-pronged: she couldn't not study music, it's like oxygen to her. Dh and I also deeply believe that music is one of the highest forms of human expression. As non-musical, non-wealthy, and fairly unconventional parents, we completely supported her choice. The world needs more musicians and artists of all kinds. She knows she can always live with us and she can always make some sort of living here if no music related jobs open up.
I know this is not the usual parental commentary but I'm leaving it here in case there are others who might find some solace that they are not alone.
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42 minutes ago, kokotg said:
ha! that is funny! We know very little about Colby--haven't visited; it got tossed in (as it does for a lot of applicants I'm sure), because it seems cool and has no supplemental essay. But the financial aid is amazing, so we're going to need to take a serious look now. ETA: what does your friend's daughter dislike about it?
Lots of what my kids call lacs-bros there and Waterville isn't a beauty spot but you would have Mainer hive aunties to keep an eye out for him 🙂
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Dd is in her way home today too, right before a messy winter storm tomorrow. Yay!
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There is a Boardie daughter who is a famous Irish music performer.
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I did two back to back videos yesterday for a total of 50 minutes and it felt fine. Today it's cold and blowing a gale so I probably won't get outside, will do some more of the fitbymyk's.
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1 hour ago, Katy said:
Dawn power spray for grease, oxyclean for blood or other body fluids, tide stain spray for everything else. For mystery stains I’d start with Tide. It’s what worked best on nasty ground-in foods from the car seats in DH’s vehicle.
Tide also makes little pencils of stain remover.
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Did you dry it in a dryer? My experience is that stains washed but then dried won't come out. A colleague uses fels naphtha in desperate situations but it's toxic and I wouldn't use it for a stroller. My favorite non-toxic is boiling water and dish detergent, scrubbed really hard.
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10 hours ago, sheryl said:
Eos, Spryte and WIntermom especially, read this!
The collective noun for a group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they arecalled a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump.Oh my, I will call them a skein, that is perfect. A plump fits too when they are all bunched up and haven't sorted out their formation. Thank you!
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1 hour ago, sheryl said:
The maximum flight ceiling of Canada geese is unknown, but they have been reported at 9 km (29,000 feet).[43]
Wow! I had no idea.
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1 hour ago, mmasc said:
middlest ds
Off-topic, but I love this and I'm stealing it right now forever 🙂
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2 hours ago, ScoutTN said:
Students choose, not the school.
This only happens for subsequent years, first-years are chosen by the school. Older dd at the same school had a perfect fit and they roomed together all four years! Ds never really saw his first year roomie, but they were reasonably compatible.
A positive outcome of the roomie situation has been that dd has found a very quiet spot to study in the science library, which will be a good foundation to build on next year. She's also discovered that she can't focus with her shoes on, so she's learned to take them off when she studies or even taking tests. This is kind of hilarious to me, as I used to proclaim/exaggerate that my kids would shed their shoes on the day the snow melted and not put them back on again until the next winter's snow arrived, but apparently it's more true than I knew!
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Can we do a hit/miss for roommates? Mine really struck out, her roommate is kindly but a party girl and dd can't wait to not live with her. Her college has a kind of self-matching board where she has been approached by two different women who seem compatible and she is going to meet each of them.
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I did a three hour hike with 4 small summits. Today I will do two weights sessions and take another walk.
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My wallet with ID, credit cards, etc. - goes with me all the time, my purse usually only when I'm traveling. So I'll have travel-y stuff like books, notebooks, pens, a sewing project.
I'm not very purse-conscious so I don't carry much I don't need right then, except for some odd talismanic stuff: I have a map of the college campus where dd went, I kept it in there for ds and now youngest who went to the same college. It's ripped and crinkled and I never actually use it but I'll keep it in there til the last one graduates. A birch twig that youngest gave me. A meaningful political pin.
Along the floor of my purse: hair ties, coins, an eyebrow pencil, pine needles and dried flowers.
I would say I'm a pockets-gal rather than a purse carrier.
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Congratulations - this is really interesting reading for this lay community member, thank you. Every right to be proud!
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I'm finally home after all my travels with some interesting results. I've done very little hard exercise for close to three weeks, started drinking a small amount of coffee, drank some wine, ate some wheat, stopped taking my supplements, and lo and behold my b/p is back up. Go figure! But this tells me my efforts really worked and now I will start again, and will know to never slack off. Crystal clear.
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I do, so much. I've been known to pull over on the highway and quick roll down my window to hear them. It's magical. Also love the V and love to think about how far they will fly together as a team.
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The Class of 2024 College Acceptance Thread
in The College Board
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You know I'm plugging for Oberlin, the music is everywhere. Dc have a dear friend who did the musical studies major and played music throughout his time in the college, not con, and has had the most interesting jobs and travels related to his major. Apparently musical studies kids are considered the smart ones, less cutthroat than the con kids.
On the other hand, I also have a soft spot for Amherst. Has he visited both? The campus cultures are so different. Amherst's setting is gorgeous, and the 5 college thing is cool but logistically challenging. The cornfields surrounding Oberlin were/are distressing for my nature-loving kids, but maybe it kept them on campus and noses to the grindstones 🙂
You already know this but one challenge for conservatory kids is the absolutely ridiculous amount of time they are expected to practice and the number of credits they require. Dd's curricular requirements as a con student were so far beyond what non-con students had to do. Yes, it's an incredible opportunity and she was/is grateful for that, but non-con offers at least a modicum of balance.