In Naviance (the school software to track students), parents have to (get to?) fill out a “brag sheet,” something that could be added to college applications if it were admissible. Here are the directions: Parent Letter Prompt: (This section is to be completed by your parent/guardian. They can either write directly in the space provided, […]
When I was a sophomore in high school, my GF was a wild-child whose divorced mother was absent from the house most of the time. GF introduced me to Rocky Horror Picture Show and began throwing parties that led to going to the midnight showing. This group of friends was TOTALLY into the story and
I gave Daughter the chores of cleaning 2 toilets but Son was overloaded with homework and I told him to let me know when he was ready for his assignment. Daughter walked through the kitchen with her scrubbing equipment and what I heard Son say was: When did you get assigned chores?” but what he
Daughter had a nice senior year schedule: 2 AP classes, 2 fun classes, 1 university class,and theater. She came into my room and announced that she wanted a more challenging workload this year and wanted to take AP Chemistry and drop her badminton class. Huh? At our Stanford campus tour, the admissions counselor pointed
Daughter had her wisdom teeth taken out this week. On the way to the appointment, I asked her what was the worst pain she had ever had. She was unable to produce an event that created said pain. Wow, really? What about the half dozen injuries she got while in cross-country last year? She couldn’t
