What's upsetting you today? - Page 417

Shawnee123 · 02-26-2011, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Soon, Sundae. Real job. Income. Deposit. Rent. Own place. Couple of months. Soon, really.

I second this. Girl, when you come out on the other side completely you are going to feel so good.

And you are more than 'sorted out'...you are YOU. What the heck more could any of us ask for (except the gross people, they don't count.)

Hang in there. You are loved.

Sundae · 02-26-2011, 01:42 PM

Yeah, sorry for the bitching, people.
I was venting.

I can see the other side.
I told her earlier that she doesn't need to have a reason to take a night "off" and I'll feed him any time, and she really seemed to take that onboard and appreciate it.

Shawnee123 · 02-26-2011, 01:43 PM

Why are you sorry?

Stop that.

limey · 02-26-2011, 02:09 PM

Venting is good. No, really. It is.

toranokaze · 02-28-2011, 05:30 PM

My hp laptop won't turn on, my desk top is being crazy and the only webpage that will load right now is the cellar.

So I guess it isn't all bad

anonymoo · 02-28-2011, 06:08 PM

Convincing the cellar that I exist

monster · 03-02-2011, 10:21 PM

Hebe trying to choose her high school. She needs to choose the new school, not the one she's zoned for. But it's hard to break away from the "prescribed path". She's done all the research and investigation she can. She has to turn in the acceptance by Friday, I thought it would be better to push the decision tonight so then it's a done deal, but she won't/can't/went to bed in tears

Yesterday and earlier today, it became apparent that in order to pursue her passion for languages, she needs to drop orchestra -which we'd always assumed was a given. Now the decision is made, it's so obviously the right one in hindsight and she's much happier about her course choices. i was hoping for the same thing for her school choices.

Aliantha · 03-02-2011, 10:26 PM

It's such a scary prospect for most kids going into high school, especially if they're not going to the same school as all their friends.

I hope she can come up with a decision she feels good about.

My boys didn't have a choice of high schools. They just get to go to the local one. Not a hard decision for us. lol

monster · 03-02-2011, 10:52 PM

right. there are two schools that have a lottery to get into here. she got into one. The brand spanking new one with awesome facities and a slightly more open program and young and/or enthusiastic teachers who were headhunted....... If you don't apply or don't get in, you go to the one you're zoned for, I think she was hoping to miss both so no decision. It's mostly hard for her because (a) she finally found a group of friends she really clicks with (through swim team). they will be going to the local school. but doing different classes. (b) because she knows more of the swimteam at the zoned school and it's the school we had mentally prepared for.

Aliantha · 03-02-2011, 10:56 PM

The peer group are very important to teenagers and tweens. I know my boys have trouble with some decisions because of that, but in the end they're usually happy either way. Sometimes meeting a new group of peers can be pretty good, but yeah, scary.

The local high school for my boys was full of new kids. Especially Aden as he hadn't been to the primary school down here.

monster · 03-02-2011, 11:01 PM

this is three kids out of thousands and she'll still see them at non-school swim team. She's in a different school to them now. Friends are cool, but not the best basis for a high-school education decision. My best friend from high school and the only one I'm still regularly in touch with -who came to visit me in the US- was my "arch-enemy" in elementary school.

But it's still hard.

monster · 03-02-2011, 11:04 PM

....and this group of peers is a group of "misfits" -bright confident young people who won't let their academic prowess put them in the corner but are also nerdy geeks uninterested in fashion and Bieber and are not afraid to blaze their own trail.

zippyt · 03-02-2011, 11:05 PM

But it's still hard

Naa TOO Easy !!

I vote for the shiney new school

monster · 03-02-2011, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

But it's still hard

Naa TOO Easy !!

I vote for the shiney new school

yeah, beest and I do too. But we really want her to choose it rather than us forcing her into it. But I suspect we will railroad her if she makes the wrong choice. We just don't want it to be that way. It needs to come from her.

If she rejects shiny new school, she can't change he mind and go there. If she hates shiny new school, she can ditch it and go to zoned school. She's adamant that she'll hate changing more than being in the wrong school.....

13y-olds. Who'd have 'em? What a horrible point in their life to inflict their first major life decision. it's like Jekyl and Hyde on Speed.

ZenGum · 03-02-2011, 11:22 PM

No offence Zippy, but you wouldn't be the first person I'd turn to for advice about choosing a school.

I think you're right, though.

02-26-2011, 01:42 PM	#6242
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Yeah, sorry for the bitching, people. I was venting. I can see the other side. I told her earlier that she doesn't need to have a reason to take a night "off" and I'll feed him any time, and she really seemed to take that onboard and appreciate it. Last edited by Sundae; 02-26-2011 at 01:49 PM. Reason: Changed aboard to onboard

02-26-2011, 01:43 PM	#6243
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Why are you sorry? Stop that. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-26-2011, 02:09 PM	#6244
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Venting is good. No, really. It is. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-28-2011, 05:30 PM	#6245
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	My hp laptop won't turn on, my desk top is being crazy and the only webpage that will load right now is the cellar. So I guess it isn't all bad __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

03-02-2011, 10:21 PM	#6247
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Hebe trying to choose her high school. She needs to choose the new school, not the one she's zoned for. But it's hard to break away from the "prescribed path". She's done all the research and investigation she can. She has to turn in the acceptance by Friday, I thought it would be better to push the decision tonight so then it's a done deal, but she won't/can't/went to bed in tears Yesterday and earlier today, it became apparent that in order to pursue her passion for languages, she needs to drop orchestra -which we'd always assumed was a given. Now the decision is made, it's so obviously the right one in hindsight and she's much happier about her course choices. i was hoping for the same thing for her school choices. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-28-2011, 06:08 PM	#6246
anonymoo Disorderly Orderly Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 52	Convincing the cellar that I exist

03-02-2011, 10:26 PM	#6248
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It's such a scary prospect for most kids going into high school, especially if they're not going to the same school as all their friends. I hope she can come up with a decision she feels good about. My boys didn't have a choice of high schools. They just get to go to the local one. Not a hard decision for us. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-02-2011, 10:52 PM	#6249
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	right. there are two schools that have a lottery to get into here. she got into one. The brand spanking new one with awesome facities and a slightly more open program and young and/or enthusiastic teachers who were headhunted....... If you don't apply or don't get in, you go to the one you're zoned for, I think she was hoping to miss both so no decision. It's mostly hard for her because (a) she finally found a group of friends she really clicks with (through swim team). they will be going to the local school. but doing different classes. (b) because she knows more of the swimteam at the zoned school and it's the school we had mentally prepared for. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-02-2011, 10:56 PM	#6250
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	The peer group are very important to teenagers and tweens. I know my boys have trouble with some decisions because of that, but in the end they're usually happy either way. Sometimes meeting a new group of peers can be pretty good, but yeah, scary. The local high school for my boys was full of new kids. Especially Aden as he hadn't been to the primary school down here. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-02-2011, 11:01 PM	#6251
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	this is three kids out of thousands and she'll still see them at non-school swim team. She's in a different school to them now. Friends are cool, but not the best basis for a high-school education decision. My best friend from high school and the only one I'm still regularly in touch with -who came to visit me in the US- was my "arch-enemy" in elementary school. But it's still hard. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-02-2011, 11:04 PM	#6252
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	....and this group of peers is a group of "misfits" -bright confident young people who won't let their academic prowess put them in the corner but are also nerdy geeks uninterested in fashion and Bieber and are not afraid to blaze their own trail. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-02-2011, 11:05 PM	#6253
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	But it's still hard Naa TOO Easy !! I vote for the shiney new school __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-02-2011, 11:22 PM	#6255
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	No offence Zippy, but you wouldn't be the first person I'd turn to for advice about choosing a school. I think you're right, though. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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