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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Distracted » Sat May 18, 2013 9:38 pm

My 26 year old son is now (finally :clap: ) a college graduate! As of today he is the proud holder of a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in Social Studies. He graduated with a 3.0, which is pretty darned impressive considering how badly he messed up before he figured out what he really wanted to do. Apparently what he really wants to do is to teach middle-schoolers. Go figure. :lol:
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby justTripn » Sat May 18, 2013 10:30 pm

Congratulations D.!
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Alelou » Sat May 18, 2013 11:31 pm

That's excellent. Hope he gets his wish (and can handle those hormonal creatures).
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Weeble » Sun May 19, 2013 2:13 am

Marvelous news Alelou. You are allowed to be proud.
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Alelou » Sun May 19, 2013 2:49 am

You mean marvelous news DISTRACTED.

(And it gives me hope I may have some of my own someday...)
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Asso » Sun May 19, 2013 6:21 am

Distracted wrote:My 26 year old son is now (finally :clap: ) a college graduate! As of today he is the proud holder of a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in Social Studies. He graduated with a 3.0, which is pretty darned impressive considering how badly he messed up before he figured out what he really wanted to do. Apparently what he really wants to do is to teach middle-schoolers. Go figure. :lol:

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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Linda » Sun May 19, 2013 12:20 pm

Teaching middle school? That will keep him busy. :clap: And if he gave his parents a hard time at that age, it will be poetic justice, I think. :)
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Distracted » Sun May 19, 2013 2:27 pm

His childhood years were challenging. Not deliberately so, but parenting a child with ADHD is never easy. It breaks your heart to see the things they go through, getting tormented by peers and misunderstood by teachers... and all the repeat trips back to school to deliver forgotten items and the last minute scrambles to help him complete forgotten assignments took their toll. But he was a loving child who never meant any harm and now he's a well-intentioned and idealistic man with lofty goals that I pray he will attain. After all the struggle it's both frightening and a relief to be forced to step back and let him take full control of his future.
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Eireann » Sun May 19, 2013 2:57 pm

Many congratulations, Distracted. There's not much worse than having to cope with what a child who's in any way 'different' goes through in school - it fairly tears your heart out, how cruel other kids can be. However, he and you got through it, and now you can look forward to a happy future! Well done to him, indeed!
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Sun May 19, 2013 3:17 pm

That's great news, Dis! :thumbsup: Congrats!
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Weeble » Sun May 19, 2013 4:04 pm

Gotta start wearing my reading glasses more often...

Congrats Dis, please apply heartfelt previous post to you.......
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Alelou » Sun May 19, 2013 8:45 pm

My son has ADHD too, along with a dollop of depression and anxiety, just like his dad. It's kind of ironic that I was glad we were moving to a state with rigorous standardized tests to keep the schools honest when now I can't help thinking that he'd be doing so much better if he'd grown up like I did, in states without them.

Anyway, he's a genuinely nice kid with a better head on his shoulders than he thinks he has, and I suspect a year of working low-wage jobs might persuade him that it's time to reconsider going to college.
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Asso » Sun May 19, 2013 8:50 pm

I think you're right, Alelou.
Life is often a great teacher (although, sometimes, it tends to be a little malignant).
Well yes. I continue to write. And on Fanfiction.Net, for those who want, it is possible to cast a glance at my latest efforts. We arrived to
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Weeble » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:48 pm

I'm not dead! Think of Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Fishing Trip was fun, my cousin came up from Texas the day I got back and leaves tomorrow. We have been having a blast. I will be rejoining things shortly. He's napping so i'm typing.

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PS Dis, He is currently living in Orange Texas just across the border from ya! Wave on Monday as he drives by....
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Re: The Happy News thread

Postby Distracted » Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:04 pm

I'm actually in Lake Charles, LA this weekend, which is less than an hour from Orange. : )
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