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luv

luv

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englanddg said:
Ever been to a Chuck E. Cheese in NOVA?
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OMG, did you work for that place? I cannot tell you how many trips I made to CEC (not that one) for small people I love! It was not MY favorite place to go, but I'm a sucker for very cute small people.
 
StarWarsGirl

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luv said:
My brother took a bunch of AP classes and didn't even study for the final tests because he had his As locked up, had already been accepted to his dream school and knew all he had to do was pass.

He said the tests were easy. I would have to ask him, but if I remember it right, he didn't miss a single question, like pretty much every test he ever took, lol. His entire scholastic career, including four years of undergrad and three years of law school (in top-notch schools!), he got one B. And it ed him off something royal. I still remember the day, because he came home from school slamming the door, slamming his bag down and then kicking something. (Good thing it's the only B he ever got!)

My son did AP, too, and said it wasn't bad at all.
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The nice thing about my school district: the policy is if you take an AP test for an AP course, you don't have to take a final for that course unless you're in between grades (you get a B for two quarters and an A for two quarters, you take a final to determine if you get the B or the A). They've really increased the difficulty level even since my uncle took them 12 years ago. For example, in economics, if you get a 85% on multiple choice and don't completely blow the free response, it's considered a 5 because the test is so hard.

I just really don't want to have to sit through Economics again if I can at all avoid it (it's a required part of my degree program). Or Spanish. Or English. So I need 4's or 5's on all of the tests. And it's freaking me out because the first one is on Tuesday. UGH! Spanish is probably going to be the hardest, but my teacher has been amazing. She makes us work our butts off, but she's also an AP grader and gives really good feedback. And she's been giving me nice high scores on my speaking and written free responses recently, so I'm feeling confident. It's the multiple choice that is going to screw me up. I figure at this point with English and Spanish, I either know it or I don't and practicing up until the exam is the best thing I can do. My other grades I only half care about. I just don't want to lose my scholarship.

Your brother must be pretty dang smart. And a bit of a perfectionist. ;)

I didn't take AP classes. But I took Home Ec with my boyfriend and he walked me home from school and kissed my hand while we watched Chuck Woolery's Love Connection! (Back in two and two! ;) ) So, we all had good times. :)
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Lol, nice. :)
 
englanddg

englanddg

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luv said:
OMG, did you work for that place? I cannot tell you how many trips I made to CEC (not that one) for small people I love! It was not MY favorite place to go, but I'm a sucker for very cute small people.
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I not only worked for them, I worked for Corporate. I DESIGNED much of what you see (though not recently, think early to mid 2000's)...
 
StarWarsGirl

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englanddg said:
No...No, Disney quest just ed me off...because they had pretty much the same games, and I knew how to fix half of the ones they had tagged off as broken if they'd just given me the GEM key.
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Hmm, I saw very few broken machines when I was there in February.
 
englanddg

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
The nice thing about my school district: the policy is if you take an AP test for an AP course, you don't have to take a final for that course unless you're in between grades (you get a B for two quarters and an A for two quarters, you take a final to determine if you get the B or the A). They've really increased the difficulty level even since my uncle took them 12 years ago. For example, in economics, if you get a 85% on multiple choice and don't completely blow the free response, it's considered a 5 because the test is so hard.

I just really don't want to have to sit through Economics again if I can at all avoid it (it's a required part of my degree program). Or Spanish. Or English. So I need 4's or 5's on all of the tests. And it's freaking me out because the first one is on Tuesday. UGH! Spanish is probably going to be the hardest, but my teacher has been amazing. She makes us work our butts off, but she's also an AP grader and gives really good feedback. And she's been giving me nice high scores on my speaking and written free responses recently, so I'm feeling confident. It's the multiple choice that is going to screw me up. I figure at this point with English and Spanish, I either know it or I don't and practicing up until the exam is the best thing I can do. My other grades I only half care about. I just don't want to lose my scholarship.

Your brother must be pretty dang smart. And a bit of a perfectionist. ;)



Lol, nice. :)
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Don't transfer school districts until your kid reaches college.

That's my advice. (Mind you, I went to 10 schools in 12 years)

I got a 1250 on my SAT to having no college scholorships because the GA State Dept of Education wouldn't accept high school credits I earned (by actually attending those high school classes in person via a bus in Fairfax, VA)...

GA decided that my 8th grade Biology and English credits were not acceptable.

When I graduated high school, I had scholarship offers out the rear, until they pulled my transcript, and saw that the State of GA had decided that I wasn't "college prep"...even though I graduated with 28 credits and their stupid program required 21 at the time...

I could rant long and hard about how this ruined my future plans, but I will step back, and say, remember, for every child, there is an administrator out there who loves to ruin their lives and doesn't care.

I had to take remedial friggin Engish in college, to "earn" my right to get into college, and that prof let me skip the final.

As I said, 1250, and I took it before you could use calculators.

I don't think I'm super smart, rather, I think I'm an idiot. But, it still upsets me, and still upset my life.
 
englanddg

englanddg

One Little Spark...
Nothing tore my soul up more than "You can't go to college because you are stupid", as I watched fellow graduates go to college on scholarships...who I knew couldn't do what I could. Who I knew never won second place in a national science competition. Who I knew never sang at the national Cathedral. Who I knew were born on a small farm on the outskirts of a small GA city, and yet, were worth financial aid and didn't have to take "remedial" classes when they could barely pass the SAT (and yes, we shared our scores)...

Do I sound bitter, yes, I was bitter...and I partially still am.

Do I make more money than they do now? Yeap, on average, I suppose I do. Did I have to learn how to do that by scraping from the ground up? Yeap...
 
StarWarsGirl

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englanddg said:
Don't transfer school districts until your kid reaches college.

That's my advice. (Mind you, I went to 10 schools in 12 years)

I got a 1250 on my SAT to having no college scholorships because the GA State Dept of Education wouldn't accept high school credits I earned (by actually attending those high school classes in person via a bus in Fairfax, VA)...

GA decided that my 8th grade Biology and English credits were not acceptable.

When I graduated high school, I had scholarship offers out the rear, until they pulled my transcript, and saw that the State of GA had decided that I wasn't "college prep"...even though I graduated with 28 credits and their stupid program required 21 at the time...

I could rant long and hard about how this ruined my future plans, but I will step back, and say, remember, for every child, there is an administrator out there who loves to ruin their lives and doesn't care.

I had to take remedial friggin Engish in college, to "earn" my right to get into college, and that prof let me skip the final.

As I said, 1250, and I took it before you could use calculators.

I don't think I'm super smart, rather, I think I'm an idiot. But, it still upsets me, and still upset my life.
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Oh gosh. No way would I ever make my kids switch schools. It's a major headache, and being in the same school district is a source of stability in their lives. So glad I live in MD with the school system up here being one of the best in the country.

Was that before the writing section as well? Because they have critical reading, math, and writing. I got 1940 total, 1290 on math and critical reading combined.
 
englanddg

englanddg

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
Oh gosh. No way would I ever make my kids switch schools. It's a major headache, and being in the same school district is a source of stability in their lives. So glad I live in MD with the school system up here being one of the best in the country.

Was that before the writing section as well? Because they have critical reading, math, and writing. I got 1940 total, 1290 on math and critical reading combined.
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You should realize the scoring has changed from 15 years ago.
 
luv

luv

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
The nice thing about my school district: the policy is if you take an AP test for an AP course, you don't have to take a final for that course unless you're in between grades (you get a B for two quarters and an A for two quarters, you take a final to determine if you get the B or the A). They've really increased the difficulty level even since my uncle took them 12 years ago. For example, in economics, if you get a 85% on multiple choice and don't completely blow the free response, it's considered a 5 because the test is so hard.

I just really don't want to have to sit through Economics again if I can at all avoid it (it's a required part of my degree program). Or Spanish. Or English. So I need 4's or 5's on all of the tests. And it's freaking me out because the first one is on Tuesday. UGH! Spanish is probably going to be the hardest, but my teacher has been amazing. She makes us work our butts off, but she's also an AP grader and gives really good feedback. And she's been giving me nice high scores on my speaking and written free responses recently, so I'm feeling confident. It's the multiple choice that is going to screw me up. I figure at this point with English and Spanish, I either know it or I don't and practicing up until the exam is the best thing I can do. My other grades I only half care about. I just don't want to lose my scholarship.

Your brother must be pretty dang smart. And a bit of a perfectionist. ;)



Lol, nice. :)
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I took economics. Like 100 years ago! It was not one of my favorites. My boyfriend at the time all but passed the class for me. His class took the tests before mine did, lol. Our prof loved him and started liking me more after he found out we were dating when he stopped by to say hello in the cafeteria...so that helped, too!

My brother is smart. Not the smartest guy in the world, believe me you, but he's bright. They called us Alex and Mallory in high school. Didn't bother me, she was pretty! But when my brother started calling my boyfriend "Nick", I had to put a stop to it. (He was kind of Nick-like, though, lol.)

Don't worry about the tests. Even if you flunked, it wouldn't be the worst thing that will happen in your life...but I doubt you'll fail.
 
englanddg

englanddg

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It all levels out. And as much as I griped previously about being "robbed"...I learned more in restaurants about how to control and manipulate people (in a good way)...

And those skills have paid off far more than even my mother, who got a Masters Degreee...
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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luv said:
I took economics. Like 100 years ago! It was not one of my favorites. My boyfriend at the time all but passed the class for me. His class took the tests before mine did, lol. Our prof loved him and started liking me more after he found out we were dating when he stopped by to say hello in the cafeteria...so that helped, too!

My brother is smart. Not the smartest guy in the world, believe me you, but he's bright. They called us Alex and Mallory in high school. Didn't bother me, she was pretty! But when my brother started calling my boyfriend "Nick", I had to put a stop to it. (He was kind of Nick-like, though, lol.)

Don't worry about the tests. Even if you flunked, it wouldn't be the worst thing that will happen in your life...but I doubt you'll fail.
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Thanks:) . I actually enjoyed microeconomics; it's macro that's throwing me. But I think it's important to have an understanding of economics so you can understand why certain policies are bad or good as well as dealing with your own money.
 
unkadug

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Well I was going to post this in the other thread, but somebody had to post a gazillion smiley faces, and it lagged my computer really bad. No names mentioned... but he posts here sometimes.

Anyway, happy birthday Nemo!! Hope you had a great day! Here's my present to you.

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It's a new set of knives! I hope you like it! :)

Oh, and my birthday is next month. The last day of the month to be exact. I'm not saying you have to get me anything, but I got you a gift. Just sayin'.
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Who meeeeee?


It was only 7 smileys.:oops: there are more than that on this page alone.
 
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