Going back to school can be wonderful!
And I'm a bit of a school snob too.
What are you thinking of studying if you go back?
Curriculum and Instruction. I have decided not to think about it right now. LOL!
Oh my so much to catch up on over three pages!
Chelsea certainly has grown up since I first found you all in 2008....
and now getting ready for high school and the honors program no less!
Jackie, I can't say that I'm surprised at in the least.
Connor will be following in her path!
Congrats to Chelsea, you all must be so excited and proud!
Thanks, Anita! It's hard for me to think about her heading off to high school! I swear, we were just starting middle school!
I also have toyed with going back for an advanced degree, but the thought of writing papers just nauseates me....
Same here. I pulled out my portfolio from my Masters degree, and I don't know if I could even write the way I did a few years ago.
Besides with the budget cuts, how could they afford to pay me more?
True. I think that is one reason Georgia has passed this new law to begin with.
If you decide to go to Emory, count me in for a donation to the cause!
I am thinking Berry for my specialist degree now.
The ugly side of soccer (parents) OY!!!
It gets so ugly at little league sometimes. Just like that, not always yelling at the coaches but in the stands. I can't stand it when parents behave like that.
Same here. I wish I could have taped one of the parents from an opposing team we played on Tuesday. He was beyond disrespectful and rude. We could hear him all the way on the field. Sigh.
Dismeets! I can't wait!!!
I just wish you were stowing away on the cruise with us....
Same here. You know I looked up cruise availability this week -- ALL the cruises in June are now sold out! Can you believe it??? I really would have to be a stowaway now! LOL!
You did! They booked their flights not too long ago so they are definitely going.
How exciting!!!
That is so funny, I almost bought that shirt for my nephews in Germany. I brought them each a star wars shirt from Old Navy (Chewy on blue for the 4 year old, Storm Troopers on black for the 8 year old) and they were a HUGE hit. I couldn't find it in both their sizes though so they ended up with different shirts. That one was my first choice.
Both Jeff and my brother were like...I WANT ONE!
Hi, Cynthia! Connor's came in the mail this week (thanks, HD!), and it is great! I really need to find one for myself now!
GO FOR IT! It does sound like a better investment long term to just go for the PhD if that's what you really want.
I am leaning toward to specialist degree now. I found out if I get that, then it counts towards getting a PhD later down the line.
I LOVE the fact that you aren't telling Chelsea. I'd do exactly the same thing to Kendall. She'd KILL me later though.
She is going to kill me. I told Charles about it yesterday, and he laughed and laughed.
Well I finally got caught up but I had to cheat. I started reading every page and got as far as page 20 something then I had to get real at that pace I would be caught up at just about the time you left. So I finally broke down and read the updates. I know I have missed some great chatter and I'll feel lost but from this point forward I'm going to keep up.
Hurray for catching up!!!
I loved the Star Wars updates. I'm a Han lover too. But truth be told I think I might love Indy a little more. I really enjoyed the top 10 Han/Leia moments.
. I also have a Darth Vadar story. I think Michelle was maybe 3 at the time. Brent was around 8 and loved Star Wars he was also an child who was easily scared. Dennis brought home a life size cut out of Darth Vadar from work late one night. He set it up in the hall bathroom hoping to get a scare out of Brent instead Michelle found it. She woke up late while Dennis was still up and came walking into the livingroom. Poor kid was in tears. "I need to go to the bathroom but Darth Vadar won't let me". We still laugh about that.
Can't wait for the next update.
That is an AWESOME story!!! Totally made my day when I read it! Poor Michelle!
I think if I had to choose, I would choose Indy as well! That hat! Whew!
I've been reading along, but staying quiet. Congrats to Chelsea on her acceptance to the Honors Program. Does that change the high school that she will attend? Is she worried about leaving her friends, or did some of them get into honors also?
I have thought about going back to school for my master's degree, but then I always think that the money I would spend should go towards my daughters' college before me. (Kind of like I had my shot, and now it should be their turn, ya know?
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Looking forward to reading more of your PTR!
The Honors Program is at the high school where she will go, so that's good. Luckily, all of her closest friends made it in as well, so they can all suffer together. LOL!
It is always time to head to Disney World!!! 
Unlike you, I have no desire to do any more schooling or paper writing for a while. I took two classes (online) the past two spring semesters to update, and I was so glad that I had to
only take those two. I'm good now for a few years.
I really am not looking forward to having to write more papers. I wonder how many of them I can manage to make some Disney reference in?
We saw some of that this weekend, some parents are just out of control with what they feel comfortable yelling out at a 10 year old baseball game
It is ridiculous! There was one parent of a player on an opposing team who was out of control on Tuesday. If I could have, I would have marched right over and given him a piece of my mind.
With HD's trip report, I am really champing at the bit to take a cruise now! It looks like so much fun!!!
I have also been reading along but have been quiet on here. I hope to add a dis meet with you at Siesta's. Lots of luck figuring out the school thing. I think it is awesome. Where was your bacherlors/masters from?
A DIS meet at Siesta's would be so perfect! I can't wait to be basking in the sun under the pyramid!
I'm a little late to the game but wanted to say
CONGRATS CHELSEA!! WTG on making the Honors program!! That is fantastic!!!!
I too have thought about going back to school to get my PhD but I keep thinking I want to do it in Science not Education LOL!
Thanks, Jen! This whole going-back-to-school thing is really preying on my mind. I just can't get excited about it no matter how hard I try.
Jackie- Congrats to Chelsea! I am amazed how different public schools are in different states. Our kids just sign up for honors classes. It is supposed to be teacher recommendation, but parents can override the decision. Also, interesting about the pay for degrees. So, if you don't sign up, will you never get the pay for a higher degree?
Thanks, Debby! Yes, here in our county, the students have to apply to the honors program. I guess in the past, too many students would take the higher level classes and not succeed in them.
With the new ruling in Georgia, if you aren't in an advanced degree program by this summer, you will not be paid for said degree unless you are in a job that requires it. Since I am happiest in the classroom, it makes the most sense for me to go ahead and get the specialist degree so I am paid for it.
Sorry about the parent at the game. As if it wasn't hard enough to have the loss! My friend is a coach going through way too much with one parent. She said that parents will be the reason she stops coaching.
I hear that a lot from coaches. Charles has had his fair share of parents that want to question his coaching techniques before, but this is the first one who actually verbally attacked him in front of the players and other parents.
Your trip will get here so quickly!! We are currently in the process of administering state tests. (Three sections each of reading and math this week and next. Writing the following week and science the first week of April...after that the school year will fly for us!)
Our state tests are the third week of April, and then, it is all downhill from there!
Ah, well, even still, the point is that you want what you want in this case, and if you are putting forth the effort, I get it perfectly. I did that with Johns Hopkins here in MD, so I get the name brand... Personally, it is about the colors on the hood in my case... 
That is so exciting!!! 
