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Lkunkel

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tabby: Wow! The school doesn't have anything to help him? I used to work through the academic achievement office with vision impaired and dyslexic students, while one of my friends worked with hearing-impaired students.

We had fun, and since we were involved in so much of the coursework, we were able to test out of the 100-level classes, which saved us money, too.

Lkunkel

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just read Tess' Tales from yesterday. I loved going to Hell, MI. It was always fun to see Mom's face as Dad and I would challenge each other to not say the name of where we were going. It's such a nice little town.

Trying to find the post where it actually occurred is also fun.

ETA: Somehow, I wasn't expecting to find it in the Chess Thread.

Tabbyking

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lkunkel, no, the school won't help him and all the hearing-impaired scholarships said his hearing wasn't bad enough to qualify for aid, but it kept him from ROTC and the military academies--he jumped through hoops to get into the air force academy and west point. he even beat some of the highest physical aptitude records (sit-ups, push-ups, throwing a basketball from a kneeling position, etc. his entire p.e. department got up and set him up with official testing equipment, which they did straight by the military requiremments). he got a presidential nomination...then he passed his physical exam and vision exam. the last thing he had was his hearing test. he tested at a 45% loss in his left ear and 55% in his right ear. most teachers past elementary school (where he wore hearing aids) didn't even know he had a hearing problem because he paid such close attention...
anyway, we even requested a waiver and his teachers all wrote letters and a colonel wrote back to me and said, "don't ask again. he has substandard auditory acuity". then he stamped my son's hearing test with a red stamp that said, "not official for scholarship applications". so he screwed him twice! military wouldn't take him and we couldn't use their 'official' records to apply for other scholarships. catch 22. i keep thinking the only good thing is if they initiate the draft again or something. they cannot take my son if they wouldn't take him when he wanted to go. i hope!!
but the bad thing is, he doesn't have the military to fall back on through enlisting, should he not do well in college. (i don't mean to 'use' the military. my dh did 22 years in the air force and ds wanted to do military, too, only as an officer). his only recourse, should he not do well at cal poly, would be to start at the community college level and that would be so hard. he would need to work and commute to school because it costs too much to live somewhere near the schools. his friends who are going to community college are taking one or two classes each semester. it will take them a year and a half to get the units ds can get in one or two quarters.
i know we will have to accept whatever happens, but you want so much for your kids and it hurts you when they have struggles!

well, we are off in an hour or so. hope i don't feel any aftershocks. hope we get the book situation straightened out. hope son does fine this quarter!!!:)

Reader234

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 12:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{HUGS} Tabby, I do understand where you are coming from, my ds also doesnt 'qualify' with his HI, but his school does have some 'alternate' money available, but ds thought he could do it on his own like high school, I hope he got an awakening!!

The hardest part for me was knowing *I* dont get to decide!! Like you silli, I was not expected to go to college, my family didnt, and I was dating my now dh, so my father thought I was a girl and that was the end of it. I had a dream, I was determined. I wasnt very bright, just determined. It drives me crazy knowing how bright my son is - and he is letting this opportunity slip. I too have taken out loans (Tabby my college was on quarters, I loved it!!) and I cant afford to learn this lesson for him!! At times the child doesnt have a lick of common sense!!

Good Luck!

Hippyt

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sixty-five percent of Britons don't know in which US city the hit musical 'Chicago' is set in, according to a nationwide survey for an upcoming TV quiz show(AFP/Illustration)

Weinermr

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Detroit?

Pamy

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 1:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hee hee

Grannyg

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Weinerkins, you might be right. You ought to sign up for that quiz show.

Ladytex

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whew ... another busy saturday. 9am soccer with son here in town, 1pm basketball with daughter an hour and a half away, and then 5pm soccer again back here in town. I think I'm gonna just veg for the rest of the weekend.

Tabbyking

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 11:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i think school quarters are better for girls who are more 'go-getters' than males, at least in my family!
there is no time to play catch up if you get behind. my daughter would be two chapters ahead before the first class...my son doesn't open a book until he has to! i do believe that having the last quarter whiz by taught my son something about how he needs to work, though, so am hoping for a better GPA this time around. he did mention on the way back to school that he knows how quick school goes by.

and, get this: even though his dorm is on a hill and he is on the top floor, he had a tall, narrow, plastic tube (1.5 inches wide and more than a foot tall) standing on end on his desk and it didn't even fall over!! 35 miles from the earthquake's epicenter! we had things at home swinging like pendulums on the walls. how funny! makes me feel better about him being there during these aftershocks, too!

Ladytex

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
*yawn* ... Mornin' y'all ... dang it's cold this morning! Yesterday the high was 70something and today the high is gonna be 44. Sheesh ... I really didn't want to come to work this morning ...

Mack

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 7:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not quite that cold down San Antonio way but a lot cooler than the past 2-3 days. First time I've taken down outdoor Christmas decorations in shorts and a t-shirt and felt like taking a dip in the pool when we were done! Worse was getting up at 5 AM this morning to go to work after nearly two weeks off! That was really yuck!

Bookworm

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Right now it is 4 degrees in Iowa. Our high for today is eleven and I guess we hit that earlier, falling temps throughout the day. Brrrrrr.

Right now I am supposed to be starting back to school but we have a snow day. Woo hoo!

Ladytex

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
4 degrees??? Brrr!!! Okay, I'll stop whining about being cold down here, lol ...

Texannie

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lady, aren't we having the goofiest damn weather? 76 here yesterday and now it's 47!

Mak1

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 8:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's 24 degrees in Maine now. Bookworm's weather is headed our way. Brrrrr!

Auntiemike

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It hit -17 F in Tri-Cities, WA last night. Once it gets below zero it doesn't matter to me anymore, it's all COLD!

Hippyt

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
-17? holy moly,that's hibernation weather!

Essence

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I was supposed to start back to work today, but I just couldn't do it. (It's hard going back after being off 2 weeks.) I woke up to the sound of a downpour and decided I didn't want to be out in that weather... not to mention the temperature dropped about 20 degrees from yesterday to today. It's a chilling 35 today and there's lots of flooding going on from all the rain.

Tess

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's -2 here in MN right now and I have errands to run. Our high is supposed to be 3 above. By Wednesday we might get all the way up to 16! whoohooo.

Wargod

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tess, check your aim!

-2?????? -17?????? ACK!!!!!! It started out at 27 here this morning when I got up, and now its up to 36. I was going to complain but seeing how cold some of you are, we're downright warm here!

Tess

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
War, I'm there but now you're not. You were underneath my board update page.

Zules

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't even imagine that kind of cold! It's 81 down here today!

Twinkie

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 1:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I CAN imagine kicking Zules down the frozen stairs. How freaking stupid was I to move from Orlando,FL to Buffalo,NY??? I'm so in the mood to rip somebody's head off. Oops! I'm just kidding. Really. The best gift I got for Christmas was 24 navel oranges. I have eaten all of them except for the last one. I'm going to eat it tonight. YUMMMMMM

Bobbie_552001

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 2:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This was my "Catch of the week" at work....

True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.

A quote from an elderly woman while holding her husbands hand as he dies of Alzheimer's Disease.