High School class of 2011

[kbeverina]

I don't know if it is a girl vs. boy thing, but I hardly hear from my son. My older daughter used to email or text at least every day or two but we have only heard from my son twice since Aug. 17, and once was because he needed some info from us.

In any case, he loves school, loves his cross country coach and teammates, said that math and physics are ridiculously easy and basically a review of last year, started his tutoring job which he likes and really likes the food. I guess we can't ask for much more than that.

Oh, and a girl named Kerrianne introduced herself the first day and has asked to run with him every morning. She also invited him over to watch the VMA's. Hmmm...

We don't hear much either. We've talked on the phone once and have messaged through facebook, but it's all business. I got a text yesterday asking me what his social security number was. I just had to laugh because I'd reminded him all summer that he better memorize his ssn, he was going to need to know it. He was texting me during a class so I assume he had to turn something in with the number on it.

Michelle--love the pictures! I'm so mad my camera battery was dead, I really wanted pictures when the room looked good. You know, before they lived in it. I think Sonic is becoming the official eatery of the 2011 kids.

ctinct--that would have been so hard, when she was crying and wanting to go home with you. How is she doing now?

johnsontrio--I'm so jealous! Her room sounds amazing.

 

[geffric]

Boy thing I think...neither son texts or calls..at least with ds#2 I have gf answer then she gets on him to call LOL

 

[cruisnfamily]

Anybody's DD's doing sorority recruitment?

DD has been participating in the recruitment activities every night this week from 7 'til around midnight.

Today it starts at 4 and she doesn't know if it's all evening or when it might end. Tomorrow is starting at 2pm and Sunday is the big day where they find out if they're in one of the sororities at a BBQ. She's actually not positive whether or not she wants to join...but maybe she's just telling herself that in case she doesn't make it? I'll be curious what she has to say come Sunday afternoon!

She is just sooo worn out! It's made for some very long days! Hope she's able to juggle this and the school work!

 

[bethbuchall]

I don't know if it is a girl vs. boy thing, but I hardly hear from my son. My older daughter used to email or text at least every day or two but we have only heard from my son twice since Aug. 17, and once was because he needed some info from us.

In any case, he loves school, loves his cross country coach and teammates, said that math and physics are ridiculously easy and basically a review of last year, started his tutoring job which he likes and really likes the food. I guess we can't ask for much more than that.

Oh, and a girl named Kerrianne introduced herself the first day and has asked to run with him every morning. She also invited him over to watch the VMA's. Hmmm...

I don't know if it's strictly a girl vs. boy thing, but I rarely hear from my son even when I send him direct questions that I need (want) answered. He doesn't text, e-mail, or call. I can probably count on two hands the number of times he's contacted me while at school over the last two years. A majority of those times were because he needed something from us. My daughter, on the other hand, has sent at least one text every day since she's been gone (though it's only been a week and a half, so she has time to become silent as well). She isn't needy or dependent, but she likes to send a quick observation here and there. I really like her style better than his.

 

[minkydog]

DD came home for the holiday weekend. She really seems glad to be here. We were talking to her at the dinner table and she is expressing some dissatisfaction with her school. Things like, it's not a very big city(we live in a suburb of Atlanta--her school is in a city of about 60,000), she's having some trouble making girl friends, but has lots of guy friends, some of her classes are far apart and it's making her late to one of her classes, etc. I'm going to try to just nod and sympathize. I don't want to give it too much attention because she may just be blowing off steam. She's already saying she doesn't want to go there all 4 years. She wants to move to a city school. Trouble is, there aren't a lot of city schools in GA, at least ones she'd want to go to AND can afford. She mentioned going to a school in Savannah, because it's an artsy town. But Savannah has a high crime rate, really high. And she's also talking about taking culinary classes, which are not offered at her college. She can take some at the local tech school over the summer. She is telling me that she's sorta on the fence with Mass Media and Culinary Arts. She loves to bake,especially. I will not be at all surprised if she changes her major to culinary arts. She would probably live at home, which would save her about $5,000/yr. unless she moves in with friends (and gets a JOB)

 

[geffric]

DS#2 tried to get into the business faternity..went the rounds, had a second call back, but didnt make it.. he seems to be okay with it and will try again next year.. says he is wearing the suit we bought him a lot..

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he had issues with the a/c and got a new one with remote control.. so he is very happy.. lots of kids are complaining cause their dorm is not a/c and it is hot..

needs ziplock containers, more hangers, snacks stuff..

has gotten 5 free t shirts and lots of free jamba juice, smoothies, sandwhiches..
things with gf are going ok..

classes?? no idea.. he doesnt say..

 

[ctinct]

ctinct--that would have been so hard, when she was crying and wanting to go home with you. How is she doing now?

Much better, I think. She seems to have found a group of friends, and she has found an on-campus job. She is very busy most of the time, and says the only time she gets a bit homesick is when she ISN't busy.

There has been one glitch with her classes, and she has been so proactive and determined to get it fixed. The school requires everyone to take one year of a language, and they give on-line placement tests to determine which level to place you at. She said the first time she walked into class, she knew she was way over her head. There are only 12 kids in the class, so she would have been at the very bottom of the class and sticking out like a sore thumb. The professor gave them a take-home diagnostic test to return at her office, and when DD went to see her and expressed her concerns, the professor looked at her test and very diplomatically said, "yes, I can see why you're concerned."

DD then went to see her advisor, who has been absolutely fantastic. She made tons of calls on dd's behalf. She even called the academic dean to see if dd had been misplaced. The dean investigated and said her score had been borderline, but based on her writing sample, they moved her up a level. Gahh!!! It is usually SO much easier to read and write a language than to speak it. So, they first told her if she dropped down a level she would have to take four semesters of Spanish to get to where she had tested, but I think they eventually relented and agreed she had been mis-placed and would only have to take two semesters. The problem then was all the other Spanish classes were full. She would have had to wait until next year to get in, so she decided to try Latin. Nope, that's full, too. Ok, she was going to pick a class to fulfill a different requirement. Uh--no. they're full too in the times she had free. She ended up in anthropology, which is not a class she necessarily would have chosen, because a) she already has that requirement fulfilled from her AP test score, and b) it's just not something she was terribly interested in, although she did say it is more interesting than she thought it would be.

Although Spanish next year would probably be more useful, she thinks she may take Latin anyhow, because by next year her Spanish skills will be rusty. I'm peeved, but I guess it will all work out in the end.

She has classes today. How many others have school today?

 

[cruisnfamily]

So how are they doing?

DD just came home this weekend for the first time. She arrived at 3pm yesterday and had to leave at 10am today due to sorority obligations...not sure the visit was worth it but she really wanted to come. I think this will decrease as time goes on. She just arrived back at school and sent me a text saying "I'm home".....don't know whether to be happy or sad that school is "home"

my daughter love, love, loves everything! She's having a wonderful time, has fabulous roommates and has joined a sorority! She says she's just busy every second. Which is what she's always wanted so it's perfect for her.

I don't know anything at all about sororities but I'm learning! Apparently there is quite a bit of dressing up...and some good lessons about not showing your shoulders or cleavage. I'm all for that! She can't believe she has to wear business attire for the weekly chapter meetings. I think so far that it's great prep for future life. But she's going to need to add to her wardrobe, that's for sure.

We're missing knowing what's going on in her life on a day to day basis but not really missing her physically being here in the house as she was gone so much anyway. But I really miss knowing the ins and outs of the everyday activities and I just wish I could be a fly on the wall and observe everything she's experiencing! We're so happy for her!

 

[kbeverina]

My son said last week that he's starting to think of his dorm as being home. Which is good. He seems to be very happy. I asked him if he was alone for the weekend because his roommate was supposed to be going home. He casually, as if it was no big deal, said that he had switched roommates. What, already?! I had to pry further info out of him.

On the day we moved in, I was talking to the mom of the kid next door. They were from Chicago and she mentioned that her son was very frustrated because he'd tried multiple times to contact his roommate with no response. So I guess that situation was not really working out very well. My son's roommate didn't really want to live him either but my son said he liked him fine and didn't care, so they switched and now he's with the incommunicado roommate. He assured me everything is fine with the other two, they get along fine and nothing is awkward.

They still haven't had a home football game so he's really looking forward to that next weekend. He's coming home mid-October for Fall Break. He probably would rather stay at school, but he has doctor appointments he has to go to, so he does need to come home. He'll be flying by himself for the first time--he hates to fly. It's so funny, because he's such a jock, but he hates storms and still emerges from the basement and hangs out with me when we have bad ones and still wants to sit next to me when we fly.

disykat--I can't believe your son hasn't even left yet. It seems like forever to me since move-in.

 

[cruisnfamily]

DD came home for the holiday weekend. She really seems glad to be here. We were talking to her at the dinner table and she is expressing some dissatisfaction with her school. Things like, it's not a very big city(we live in a suburb of Atlanta--her school is in a city of about 60,000), she's having some trouble making girl friends, but has lots of guy friends, some of her classes are far apart and it's making her late to one of her classes, etc. I'm going to try to just nod and sympathize. I don't want to give it too much attention because she may just be blowing off steam. She's already saying she doesn't want to go there all 4 years. She wants to move to a city school. Trouble is, there aren't a lot of city schools in GA, at least ones she'd want to go to AND can afford. She mentioned going to a school in Savannah, because it's an artsy town. But Savannah has a high crime rate, really high. And she's also talking about taking culinary classes, which are not offered at her college. She can take some at the local tech school over the summer. She is telling me that she's sorta on the fence with Mass Media and Culinary Arts. She loves to bake,especially. I will not be at all surprised if she changes her major to culinary arts. She would probably live at home, which would save her about $5,000/yr. unless she moves in with friends (and gets a JOB)

I must have missed this when you posted it and just saw it today.

Maybe your dd is just settling in and will be pleased as punch a month from now...but....it does sound like she has a few real ideas about things she'd like that she doesn't have now with the culinary and the big city things. I guess time will tell. What about her theater interest? Was that just going to be a minor not a major?

Keep us posted.

 

[minkydog]

I must have missed this when you posted it and just saw it today.

Maybe your dd is just settling in and will be pleased as punch a month from now...but....it does sound like she has a few real ideas about things she'd like that she doesn't have now with the culinary and the big city things. I guess time will tell. What about her theater interest? Was that just going to be a minor not a major?

Keep us posted.

She changed her major from theater to mass media/film&video. Actually, she called DH last night to tell him that a fraternity has asked her to represent them in a fashion show. I think it was Alpha Psi Omega, the honorary theater fraternity. DD seems to be joining some things now. We're not getting so many boredom texts--you know, "Whatcha doing?" "just washed my hair" "I'm playing Pottermore--I got a special wand" blahblahblah...One of her friends from HS is in the theater dept, but this girl is acting weird, like sometimes she knows DD and sometimes she doesn't. I think the "friend" is very competative and doens't want DD to horn in on her good time. No problem. DD doesn't like her that much anyway.

We made our reservations for Homecoming in mid-Oct. They have Fall break Oct 21-25, so she'll be home for that. I went into her room to put some socks away yesterday and I was surprised at how teary it made me. Probably because of all the 9/11 emotion. She was only 8yrs old on that day in 2001. It's frightening to think how much her world has changed in 10 years.

 

[zurgswife]

Hi all. I think I posted at the beginning of this thread and not again.

How are they doing?

Well if you missed my post my sons freshman year has got to be one of the most interesting stories.

My son is a Freshman at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg PA

1. They arrived on campus for Freshman orientation week Aug 14.;
2. Classes started on Aug 29 (5 days of classes)
3. Sept 5 Labor day no classes
4. Classes resume Sept 6
5. Sept 7th the Rains begin. (2 days of classes)
6. Sept 7th classes are canceled for Sept 8th
7. Sept 8th Bloomsburg the town is flooded worse then any other flood.
8. The Water treatment plant is underwater; severe water restrictions in place.
9. Sept 8th afternoon classes canceled until Sept 12
10. Students told no more showers you can go home if you want.
11. Sept 9th Classes canceled until Sept 15
11. 450 students in my sons dorm....30 stay (and of course one is my son)
12. Friday Deadly ammonia chemical spill at a food plant in Bloomsburg town..
13. Sept 11 classes are now canceled until sept 19th..(Total number of classes canceled this semester 7)


So, unless they can't get the water plant running this week; he should have classes restart on Monday the 19th of September. If they can't I don't know what they are going to do.

 

[Disneycrazymom]

Oh Zurgswife that is a crazy start to the year. And the poor town! Your son is making some close friends I bet as they go through this together.

My son seems to be finding his way pretty well. There is a girl he thinks is cute but has not had the courage to ask her out yet. He was laughing saying he knew he was being silly and felt like he was in 6th grade again but was trying to just bump into her right now. Too funny! He must really think she is cute as he in not a shy kid! He has been coming home on Saturday night and staying over here for church, dinner and laundry, then returning to the dorm Sunday afternoon/evening. It is the best of both worlds!

 

[minkydog]

My son seems to be finding his way pretty well. There is a girl he thinks is cute but has not had the courage to ask her out yet. He was laughing saying he knew he was being silly and felt like he was in 6th grade again but was trying to just bump into her right now. Too funny! He must really think she is cute as he in not a shy kid!

He reminds me of someone....my HUSBAND. We knew each other and were friends when I decided to go back to school to finish my BS. He apparently got the wise idea that I was coming back to get HIM. Well, he just completely ignored me that first week. No skin off my nose--he wasn't the only guy on campus and we weren't any sort of an item. I just found myself another cute guy, one who was a physics major, and how convenient was that! considering I was taking PHYSICS that semester. Ooo, I am a tricksy one. Anyway, it didn't take long for word to get around that I was off the market and dating a guy my DH could not stand. All of a sudden, DH started showing up wherever i went. I'd be walking on the other side of campus and he'd pop out from behind a tree. Come out of the music room and lookie there! It's DH. I'd go to lunch at 1:45 and lo! and behold! There he was taking a late lunch. Lucky for him, I liked him and didn't call the cops. Cuz he was a total stalker.

This went on for about 1 month, until he asked me to his fraternity formal in February. When I told my physic tutor/boyfriend, he said, "If (DH) jumped off a cliff, you'd go right in after him." And that's when I knew--yes. Yes, I would. I'd go anywhere DH asked me to go. And we've been together ever since. Married 30 years last April.

Tell your son to GO FOR IT!

 

[kbeverina]

Hi all. I think I posted at the beginning of this thread and not again.

How are they doing?

Well if you missed my post my sons freshman year has got to be one of the most interesting stories.

My son is a Freshman at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg PA

1. They arrived on campus for Freshman orientation week Aug 14.;
2. Classes started on Aug 29 (5 days of classes)
3. Sept 5 Labor day no classes
4. Classes resume Sept 6
5. Sept 7th the Rains begin. (2 days of classes)
6. Sept 7th classes are canceled for Sept 8th
7. Sept 8th Bloomsburg the town is flooded worse then any other flood.
8. The Water treatment plant is underwater; severe water restrictions in place.
9. Sept 8th afternoon classes canceled until Sept 12
10. Students told no more showers you can go home if you want.
11. Sept 9th Classes canceled until Sept 15
11. 450 students in my sons dorm....30 stay (and of course one is my son)
12. Friday Deadly ammonia chemical spill at a food plant in Bloomsburg town..
13. Sept 11 classes are now canceled until sept 19th..(Total number of classes canceled this semester 7)


So, unless they can't get the water plant running this week; he should have classes restart on Monday the 19th of September. If they can't I don't know what they are going to do.

Wow--poor kid. I wonder how they're going to make up the time?

 

[zurgswife]

Wow--poor kid. I wonder how they're going to make up the time?

They got an email today that if professors need extra classes to make up time; they will be scheduled on typical non class days...re: saturday and sunday.
So, he won't know exactly until he gets back to classes in 6 days..

 

[agnes!]

DD came down with what she is pretty sure was salmonella/food poisoning. She thinks she got it from a spinach salad, was feeling pretty awful yesterday but is doing much better today, went to classes etc.

And she was very glad she had some Pepto-Bismol tablets in her First-Aid kit (thanks for that idea DIS'ers , putting together a First-Aid kit) but wished she also had had some ginger-ale handy.

agnes!

 

[Disneycrazymom]

Thanks Minkydog! You give me hope! And yours is a sweet story too.

 

[MichelleVW]

DD came down with what she is pretty sure was salmonella/food poisoning. She thinks she got it from a spinach salad, was feeling pretty awful yesterday but is doing much better today, went to classes etc.

And she was very glad she had some Pepto-Bismol tablets in her First-Aid kit (thanks for that idea DIS'ers , putting together a First-Aid kit) but wished she also had had some ginger-ale handy.

agnes!

Aw...how awful! I hate when my girls are sick...especially when I can't be there. It's a horrible feeling. I need to talk to youngest DD about getting her flu shot, I know she won't want too, but I don't want her getting sick. Maybe I will have her sister talk to her about it...it might go over better coming from her sister who's been there done that instead of dumb mom. Lol!

 

[cruisnfamily]

Sent DD and her roommates a "roommate care package"

Inside the box:
2 large coloring books
Pez refills
Chocolate covered pretzels

Then 3 individual quart sized zipocs with the roommates names on them, each containing:
2 face masks(mud mask kind that you have to peel off)
highlighter
pencil
temp tatoos
hello kitty pez dispenser
ummm...probably some other stuff but can't remember now.

They loved it! I made DD promise to send me a pic of all of them doing their face masks!