I finally jumped in!

myron · Post by **myron** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:45:34 pm

be my 17th year starting this fall...loving every minute of it too.

and on a side note:

just got my AP classes test results today too...82% received college credit!

kewl beans...up from 75% last year.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:23:21 pm

Nice job on the test

This Aug. will be my 11th year in the classroom.

Christian

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:13:02 am

I'd go back to college... but I couldn't compete with these kids nowadays. School is QUITE different than it was 20 years ago!

-slym

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:31:00 am

Don't sweat it Slym, I don't think many people could compete with some of the kids I ran into at my new school.

We have the highest Calculus scores in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!

No joke!

Some of these kids are machines. They come to school early to do homework and study, they do school work at lunch, after school.

All work and no play

But pretty cool kids to talk to none the less.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:37:13 am

slym2none wrote:I'd go back to college... but I couldn't compete with these kids nowadays. School is QUITE different than it was 20 years ago!

-slym

Don't sell yourself short, it's never too late.

fantasyfootballbono · Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:29:41 am

slym2none wrote:I'd go back to college... but I couldn't compete with these kids nowadays. School is QUITE different than it was 20 years ago!

-slym

You'd probably do pretty well. A lot of kids who are in college these days do not take it seriously. Older students who go back to college after several years of life experience usually wind up greatly outperforming younger ones who go straight out of high school.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:36:02 am

You'd probably do pretty well. A lot of kids who are in college these days do not take it seriously. Older students who go back to college after several years of life experience usually wind up greatly outperforming younger ones who go straight out of high school.

Bono you know about this firat hand, of course YOU were a great student, but some of your homies (including myself) well...

Going to class wasn't our first priority while attending college...

Or our second, third, or even forth.

But we finally got it together, or at least I did.

Christian

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:39:20 am

Slym you should go to school if you want to, just take one class and see if you like it.

I would love to go back to school, but I have not been in a classroom since my masters classes, about 5 years ago.

(after I got rid of the polutiants, I actually became a pretty good student, if I say so myself

)

Just do it Slym!

fantasyfootballbono · Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:04:38 pm

Elveen wrote:
You'd probably do pretty well. A lot of kids who are in college these days do not take it seriously. Older students who go back to college after several years of life experience usually wind up greatly outperforming younger ones who go straight out of high school.
Bono you know about this firat hand, of course YOU were a great student, but some of your homies (including myself) well...

Going to class wasn't our first priority while attending college...

Or our second, third, or even forth.

But we finally got it together, or at least I did.

Christian

I definitely remember you turning into a good student when you were a little older and a little wiser. I think I even remember the exact point at which I noticed the shift. It was my senior year when you were giving the class presentation on some topic having to do with the environment. I ran into you at the Pub/Student Center right before your presentation. You had it drawn up on butcher block paper with big, colorful drawings. That was the first time I ever saw you take a class project seriously, and I don't think you ever let up from there.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:36:10 pm

Nice memory Bono

Now of course the sad thing is that I didn't get serious until YOUR senior year....

and I am one year older than you...

and we both started college right our of high school.

Oh well, I wouldn't change a thing about my life now. (well maybe just a few things

)

Christian

fantasyfootballbono · Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:40:15 pm

Elveen wrote:Nice memory Bono

Now of course the sad thing is that I didn't get serious until YOUR senior year....

and I am one year older than you...

and we both started college right our of high school.

Oh well, I wouldn't change a thing about my life now. (well maybe just a few things )

Christian

I have other memories too, many from parties at the Hill and at the Cambridge house, but we don't need to get into all of that.

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:01:21 pm

hey Christian...your girls twins???

I have twin 5 year olds...just getting ready to ship 'em off to kindergarten this fall.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:28:48 pm

Myron, why yes I do, identical, as if you can't tell

.

They are four yrs. and all I could have possiblly wanted.

What a blessing

Myron, we'll have to swap twin stories, I'm sure you got plenty of them.

Christian

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:07:39 am

Elveen wrote:Don't sweat it Slym, I don't think many people could compete with some of the kids I ran into at my new school.

We have the highest Calculus scores in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!

No joke!

Some of these kids are machines. They come to school early to do homework and study, they do school work at lunch, after school.

All work and no play

Au contraire....I'll bet these kids are having a ball. Anyone dedicated that much to something obviously enjoys the *SQUEE* out of it.

Which is why I never had any problems rehearsing a show from the AM till after midnight.

"Find a job you love, and you'll never work a day of your life."

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:09:26 am

Elveen wrote:Myron, why yes I do, identical, as if you can't tell .

They are four yrs. and all I could have possiblly wanted.

What a blessing

Myron, we'll have to swap twin stories, I'm sure you got plenty of them.

Christian

Uh oh......I sense the word "betrothal" appearing in this thread soon.....

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:09:52 am

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Elveen wrote:Myron, why yes I do, identical, as if you can't tell .

They are four yrs. and all I could have possiblly wanted.

What a blessing

Myron, we'll have to swap twin stories, I'm sure you got plenty of them.

Christian
Uh oh......I sense the word "betrothal" appearing in this thread soon.....

And look, there it is!

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:14:39 am

As far as college...I, obviously a fairly bright person, nearly flunked out of my Senior year of high school.

My family was melting down into oblivion, and I just didn't care about anything anymore.

My teachers all gave me D- just so I could graduate.

Even still, I graduated with a 3.1.

Took two complete years off from school, just worked, lived life, saw what there was to see....

Went back to school when I found a focus and a place to express it....

Graduated Summa *SQUEE* Laude with a 3.92 with two BAs in 4.5 years (I aced everything except....Freshman English Lit! I waited until the second semester of my Senior year before taking it, and the teacher was only 5 years older than me....and she thought she knew what she was talking about. I settled for the only "C" I got in college.

)

So....I'm all in favor of not compelling young adults to go directly into college. The Europeans have gap years practically institutionalized.

fantasyfootballbono · Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:59:18 am

Elveen wrote:Myron, why yes I do, identical, as if you can't tell .

They are four yrs. and all I could have possiblly wanted.

What a blessing

Myron, we'll have to swap twin stories, I'm sure you got plenty of them.

Christian

Hey Christian, just noticed the picture of your girls that you added to your avatar. They are some beautiful little ones!

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:02:57 am

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Elveen wrote:Myron, why yes I do, identical, as if you can't tell .

They are four yrs. and all I could have possiblly wanted.

What a blessing

Myron, we'll have to swap twin stories, I'm sure you got plenty of them.

Christian
Uh oh......I sense the word "betrothal" appearing in this thread soon.....
And look, there it is!

Quoting yourself is SHrN...

-slym

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:42:27 am

Yeah, what slym said.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:49:56 am

Elveen wrote:Yeah, what slym said.

-slym

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:35:19 pm

slym2none wrote:
Elveen wrote:Yeah, what slym said.

-slym

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:11:55 am

jedimarley wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Elveen wrote:Yeah, what slym said.

-slym

Yeah, what Jedi emoticoned.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:29:52 pm

Hey, I made sure Dawg got the credit for all the hip acronyms and whatnot...

"Don't be a hate-ah!"

-slym

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:59:01 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:As far as college...I, obviously a fairly bright person, nearly flunked out of my Senior year of high school.

My family was melting down into oblivion, and I just didn't care about anything anymore.

My teachers all gave me D- just so I could graduate.

Even still, I graduated with a 3.1.

Took two complete years off from school, just worked, lived life, saw what there was to see....

Went back to school when I found a focus and a place to express it....

Graduated Summa *SKREE* Laude with a 3.92 with two BAs in 4.5 years (I aced everything except....Freshman English Lit! I waited until the second semester of my Senior year before taking it, and the teacher was only 5 years older than me....and she thought she knew what she was talking about. I settled for the only "C" I got in college. )

So....I'm all in favor of not compelling young adults to go directly into college. The Europeans have gap years practically institutionalized.

ROFL!! Still censors Summa C(U)M Laude.