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Tabbyking
Member
10-06-2002
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 11:50 pm
son currently thinks he wants political science with the possibility of law school later. and yes, he does write well, as a matter-of-fact, so perhaps journalism might be a good job for him in the future. i think if he goes the community college route (to answer your question, herck, i think he will be asked to leave his present college) he will be interested in political science but is also interested in economics. he will probably take a sampling of each along with a lot of his general ed classes. it's amazing what my son knows about politics. he can talk your socks off and be well-informed about each candidate. maybe he'll be some famous politician's advisor on a campaign trail some day. it's amazing how relaxed he is tonight, studying for two exams tomorrow. he will have to see a medical counselor tomorrow morning for an evaluation stating the computer science class was 'stressful', then meet with the advisor of the engineering department, then has an exam in english and one in calculus. he is going to call me after leaving the counseling appointment to let me know if he wants to come home for the weekend. a 7-hour round-trip both tomorrow and sunday for me. but i'll go with whatever he decides. we are supposed to cook for the elks lodge tomorrow, but daughter and dh will take my place if i have to go to san luis. landi, you remind me of ds's bio dad. undergrad at penn in mechanical engineering, masters in science from m.i.t. in fluid mechanics, and a harvard mba. my son comes from smart stock. he just needs to take it a little slower. his bio dad did go to very expensive private high school in massachusetts, so had a better background before heading off to college. also, his grandma lived 3 blocks from penn, and was always there to help him. just different circumstances. i know my son is very bright.
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Tabbyking
Member
10-06-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 12:05 am
my son's dream was to attend berkeley. (actually, cal poly's engineering ranks as high or higher than cal's!!) he still wants to graduate from berkeley one day--and has the campanile as his screen saver. berkeley is my old stomping ground and he loves cities. personally, i love san luis obispo and the farmer's market thursday nights.....but son is a city boy through and through. he was born in boston but we moved when he was 7 months. he just wants to live in a big city. san jose or the bay area. my son told me a few months back that if he lived on a farm in nebraska 20 miles from the nearest town he would die of a heart attack from loneliness. he absolutely loves big cities. and yep, he's mine! he loves going to boston to see the grandparents but doesn't like the time they spend on his aunt's waterfront home in hyannis on the cape. he wants the whole big city scene. go figure! most of the kids from here who go to cal poly go for ag. many of them don't go until they have done their AA's at a community college, though. i just think son was in over his head in engineering, but it doesn't seem as if the advisor will let him into another major at cal poly. she told him if he gets probation, he is probably done. i can understand him not wanting to stay somewhere where he feels he isn't wanted or didn't try hard enough. believe me, he tried. they told us engineering students who made it through took an average of 5 years. when i asked at advising how many kids graduated in 4 years, the head of engineering told me, "none. well, it's very rare. mostly it takes at least 4 years and 2 quarters, if not more." so, when my son completes this quarter, he will have 23 units total. he can go to community college for 2 years and then decide exactly what and where he wants from that point. he may end up done in 5 years, after all! thanks again for all your posts. i haven't cried for a few hours now!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 12:11 am
I think we forgot to mention the part where landi is a freakin' genius. No emphasis on the freak part. nope. But she is. The things you learn by going to chat during the day! Tabby, hang in there and drive carefully if you go tomorrow. We're all pulling for your son. If good thoughts from people who care could take care of things for him he'd be breezing right through. {{{Tabby & son}}}
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 6:46 am
Many students in my law school majored in political science, as did I with a minor in pre-law honors (alot of writing). Political Science is wonderful as a major, one just needs to be careful in selecting the minor which attaches because it will dictate whether the degree provides a wide marketability or a more narrowed one.
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Bigd
Member
08-05-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 8:28 am
Tabbyking - When my son took a semester off of school, our insurance continued coverage. Check into your policy, maybe it will too! Good luck!
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-18-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 8:30 am
Sometimes I hate being a woman.....sometimes....like once a month for about a week.......ugh.....
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 8:59 am
Hey your lucky it's only a week. For me it's 3 LONG WEEKS. Total nighmare.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-22-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:07 am
No longer have that issue!!! What is that birth control shot that stops your cycle? Don't know the long-term effects, but if I had it to do over again, I know I'd be the first in line to find out if it was a workable option for me!
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-18-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:09 am
It's Depo Provera Herc and I tried it once. Gained 30lbs in four months! Once the shot is in you there is nadda they can do for 3 months! Yikes! It was the begining of the downfalls for me.But hey, I hear it works for some....
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Landi
Member
08-25-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:17 am
thank you tess. i appreciate the comment. and appreciat you think i'm not a freak. no ... just a geekette. i had depo shots... i did the gain of weight thing too, it also gave me terrible headaches. great... no monthly, but it wasn't worth the rest of the stuff it did to my body.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-22-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:29 am
Oh! Thanks for sharing that info. I had no idea.
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:32 am
no can do mamma HP. Had 2 strokes in August and had to go off the hormones. Gotta deal with it as is per the DR. (i'm ok - i'm lucky i was young when it happened) had to quit smoking as well. didn't have a good 2003.
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Tabbyking
Member
10-06-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:37 am
our electric company is turning off the power for an hour or so starting about 8:30, so i have to shut down the computer soon. i will be leaving here about 11:00 to pick up ds for the weekend. i will get him back to school sunday before the super bowl kick off...and then i get to drive home and maybe see the last 1 minute of the game? what we do for our children
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Lumbele
Member
12-07-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 10:17 am
Hey, Tabby politicians need ppl who can right well, too. Your son will find his way, one he will be happy with. It just may take a little more time and a detour or 2. Football, ACK!!!!!!!!!!
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Zules
Member
10-29-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 10:32 am
Tabby, tape the game then you can watch the whole thing. I do that so that I can FF through the game and only watch the commercials and the half time show!
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Mamie316
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 11:02 am
My daughter is attending DeAnza community college right now, she graduated from high school in June, and she is carrying a load of 18 credits so she will transfer to Berkeley in 2005. She really loves it there and is doing quite wonderfully. She is an English Major and hopes to teach high school english. The whole college process is quite frustrating sometimes but she is determined. Thank God, now, my son on the other hand. He doesn't know what he wants and he can drive me crazy! And considering that I am perimenopausal, it doesn't take much believe me!
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Mamie316
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 11:05 am
And Tabby, hey, my daughter , your son at Berkeley together! You never know!
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Landi
Member
08-25-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 11:33 am
tabby, i went to bezerkeley. it's a good school for political science. i changed my major so many times in the beginning. i started out as a poli sci major... changed to mass communications... then finally settled on business. as you can see by the degrees i got in business, it wasn't the accounting i thrived on. i think marketing and political science have alot in common. i think your son just needs to find out who he is and what he's interested in. trying to choose your life career when you're 18 is a very tough thing. i have found many enjoyable jobs/careers that had nothing really to do with what my true degrees were from. i loved designing an interstate banking system for citicorp. i've enjoyed the graphic design stuff i do for my boss. etc.etc. i'm glad he has a mom like you to call and come home to to make him feel safe. and i feel like giving my worth to that stupid advisor!
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Tabbyking
Member
10-06-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 11:16 pm
picked up son from school. 6.5 hours round trip. 401 miles. no pee pee stop. ughhhhhh...LOL then i helped cooked for 50 people at the elks lodge. son seems to be okay. i think i have talked him into completing at least this year at his current college. advisor gal called me this morning. she was actually pretty nice! i think they may treat students different from parents. she could not give me 'specifics' about my son until he signs a waiver, but she spent 40 minutes pretty much detailing 'what ifs'... since my son's friends aren't all into the big move to modesto until june anyway, when he and i talked on the way home, he agreed he should probably stay in school where he is for now; a full year looks better than 2/3 of a year. going somewhere for a year and finding it wasn't right for you is different than showing only 2 quarters--where it appears maybe YOU weren't right for the school. he took his calc test today and called me up to ask where i was--20 miles away still-because he actually finished all 9 problems in 40 minutes! he thinks he is actually 'getting' calc. well, i am beat. and just think.....sunday i get to do this all over again!
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-18-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 11:27 pm
(((((((((((((((Tabby))))))))))))))) Sounds like good news! Yay! Enjoy the weekend with you ds and get some rest!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-22-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 11:51 pm
{{{Tabby}}} Not sure you want to do this, but to save your poor body and mind, it's worth thinking about. Is there a car rental place near your home that also has a site near his college? (So he could drive himself, and turn in the car?) Now off to bed with you!!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 10:20 am
herck, nothing too close. also, son has never driven 200 miles in the fog before, so i'd rather do it. today we are all to habitat for humanity til noon, then husband and i have to leave town by 1:30 to go to a one-year cancer-free party for a young coworker of his who is in the air force. son will go to modesto overnight to visit some of his friends, then be home for breakfast with us and he and i (and maybe dd) will make the old highway 101 trip! he seems to be in good spirits. you can literally see a change in him as we get closer back to school, though. he hasn't been happy since first quarter, where he was so lost in calculus... anyway, i think if he does well in calc and in his english writing course.....he will have better memories of this first year! hugs to all. oh wait. gripe, gripe to you all 
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 11:09 am
Tabby, this sounds soooo good -- like he's going back with a second wind. Very, very glad for him and you. Whooooooosh to you all!! (Just no whooshing on the roadways!)
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 1:23 pm
tabby, good to hear you are both in better spirits. that fog is very scary. i used to go to college during the day and worked night shift (4pm to midnight) at the IRS in fresno. the fog was so bad coming home. one time i found myself on the wrong side of the road! (and i was driving very carefully). thank god i realized it before i caused a major accident!
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 12:08 pm
grrrrrrrr.... I could kick a puppy right now!!! These kids are driving me insane! All they do is argue and scream. They have made the back yard a wreck. My house is falling apart. The dryer vent has seen it's last load,so now the clothes aren't drying. One of the toilets has started leaking,it needs a new wax ring,I guess. The pollen is making me literally sick. I need a vacation!!!!!!
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