Nan in Mass Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 My middle son was accepted to college today! There is a condition - he has to get a C in his CC pre-calc class, but he doesn't think that will be a problem. (After a rather rocky first week, he has settled down and been able to do it completely independently, by no means acing it, but not doing too badly, either. For this child, that is fantastic.) We were expecting this provision. We are very excited. His older brother went this fall and this is the only college he wants to go to, so we are also extremely relieved. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! -Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Congrats!!!!!!!!! Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice in NJ Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'm so psyched for you and your son, Nan! Janice :hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray: :party::party::party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhondabee Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 :party: Nan, you and your family are such an inspiration! Thanks for sharing your life and giving me the hope that I can do it, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 :party: Congratulations!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'm so psyched for you and your son, Nan! Janice :hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray: :party::party::party: Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 AWESOME!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Congratulations! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 That is so great! Congratulations to you both! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Cool! Must be great knowing the decisions are made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Wonderful, Nan! Give that boy a hug! Best, Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen in VA Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 How wonderful to hear so early! Congrats to both of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda in MA Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 That's fantastic and wonderful!!!! Congratulations to both of you! All of your hard work (and his) paid off!!!!! Brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in AL Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Yeah! Wonderful news!! Where is he going if you don't mind my asking?:party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Awesome! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anissarobert Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Congratulations! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted November 8, 2008 Author Share Posted November 8, 2008 He wants to be a ship's captain. So you can see why we are relieved; there aren't all that many places to go for that. His brother is in the engineering/tech program. Aside from being worried about pirates and storms, worried about their family life, and worried about them missing them, we're pleased at where they've landed. At the moment, the poor lamb is trying not to throw up. We got the mail on the way to the oral surgeon to get his wisdom teeth removed. He made a few hasty phone calls to spread the good news before he could only mumble. My parents want to take him out to eat to celebrate, but I guess that is going to have to wait a bit. I wish he'd had longer than 20 minutes to be happy before being in pain. His brother is very excited, though. He's been counting on his getting in, so we're doubly relieved. We think they will both have a better chance of getting through if they are together. I'm sure part of the reason we heard so quickly is that MMA already have his brother and know that he survived RPT and MUG month. -Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Congratulations!!! It's all because he had such a great teacher/advisor/mentor/mom all rolled into one!!! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 That is awesome Nan! And so nice that he'll be at the same place as his older brother. Thanks for sharing your good news with us! Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 What wonderful news for him and your whole family! I hope he'll heal quickly and be able to enjoy that congratulatory meal out with the grandparents. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in MD Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 What great news! Sure hope he feels up to a big celebration really really soon too!:thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetreasurs Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Yeah!:party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lux Et Veritas Academy Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Very awesome Nan- You are my total inspiration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatKat Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Such wonderful news. Congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 :hurray:Big round of applause!:hurray: Congratulations~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Congratulations to you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in MO Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 You've done a great job with your kids, and I absolutely love your parenting style. You've given them the tools that they'll need for success in life. :grouphug: and a hearty congratulations to you and your son! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev in B'ville Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 To you and your son. :hurray::party::cheers2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielle Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Is this the son who does the peace walking? Congrats to both you and him. Fine achievement for both of you!! Danielle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted November 8, 2008 Author Share Posted November 8, 2008 Shipping out means he'll work a schedule that is something like 4 months on, 4 months off, so he'll have large chunks of time free in order to continue to peacewalk, if he wants to. People like our minister assumed that he'd major in something having to do with peace, but his answer was, in a funny way, very classical education-ish. He said that he has already found a really good way to learn about peace, being taught by people who have devoted their whole lives to peace, so he'd rather learn something else at school. I guess one of the results of teaching them to teach themselves and be life-long learners is that they look at college a bit differently. My son was very clear that he wanted to go to college to learn a profession, because he can continue his education on his own. He says he learns best by traveling and next best by talking to people, and also by reading, and he can keep doing that on his own. As you can probably tell, there have been some discussions about the narrowness of the education he will get at this college GRIN. His answers were good ones, though. And now I'm really, really glad we decided to do TWTM, and chose to provide the best education for him as a person and not just the best education to get into college, thinking the "real" education would take place there. We did take what colleges want into consideration, but when we had to choose, we always chose best-education-for-this-person over college req's. And fortunately, TWTM gives a person the skills they need to survive in college if they choose to go, so we didn't really have to take that into account. -Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBH Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 :thumbup::thumbup::party::party::thumbup::thumbup1::iagree::grouphug: How Wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langfam Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 :hurray: Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoSylvia Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 How exciting - Big Congrats!:grouphug::party::cheers2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaNY Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 HOORAY!!! Good for him!! So happy for you, Nan! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Riding Hood Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I'm so happy for you both. That's really wonderful, Nan! Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Thank you, everyone. My son says to give everyone his thanks for all the advice and support through the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veronica in VA Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Congratulations!! Veronica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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