Two UP, one to go
Sandra Dodd
Today is Marty's 18th birthday. He can go to the community college
now without taking a GED. He's planning to take some classes, maybe
summer or fall. (Just thinking, at this point.)
He can work at any job at the grocery store, not just "courtesy
clerk" (bagging and cart retrieval and that). Several departments
have been courting and flirting since he first went to work there.
He can't be a checker yet because he can't sell liquor, and he
doesn't want to work stocking because they work overnight. He might
not even stay there, but he knows they'll might be pressing him to
"move up."
Holly was offered a good babysitting job. Well, the offer was
public, and I wrote and said she might be interested, and the mom was
really happy about that, because the older child knows and really
likes Holly. It will be nearly $100 a week, when it gets going, and
last to May. There's a toddler involved, and Holly really likes
being around littler children (being a youngest, being 15).
So everyone was saying "Hey, Holly's got a job! on Satuday.
Late that night, really late, I was playing Guitar Hero with Kirby
and he said "I got a call back from Client Logic." Client Logic
does customer support for World of Warcraft and Tivo and something or
other else, I forget. I asked what they said, and he said to come to
orientation on Monday. No interview? Apparently not. Why didn't
you say so earlier? Everyone was excited about Holly's job and he
figured he'd just wait.
That was a very sweet thing for him to do, to let the excitement of
the day be all hers, for her first job.
Marty took a week off from work because Madelyn is visiting here from
Seattle. Every night so far there's been something planned going on,
the first three nights involving me and other adults and teens all
mixed. Last night was Marty's birthday party, elsewhere. Keith and
I were invited, but we declined, to hang out at home by ourselves.
Busy week, and fun.
Sandra
now without taking a GED. He's planning to take some classes, maybe
summer or fall. (Just thinking, at this point.)
He can work at any job at the grocery store, not just "courtesy
clerk" (bagging and cart retrieval and that). Several departments
have been courting and flirting since he first went to work there.
He can't be a checker yet because he can't sell liquor, and he
doesn't want to work stocking because they work overnight. He might
not even stay there, but he knows they'll might be pressing him to
"move up."
Holly was offered a good babysitting job. Well, the offer was
public, and I wrote and said she might be interested, and the mom was
really happy about that, because the older child knows and really
likes Holly. It will be nearly $100 a week, when it gets going, and
last to May. There's a toddler involved, and Holly really likes
being around littler children (being a youngest, being 15).
So everyone was saying "Hey, Holly's got a job! on Satuday.
Late that night, really late, I was playing Guitar Hero with Kirby
and he said "I got a call back from Client Logic." Client Logic
does customer support for World of Warcraft and Tivo and something or
other else, I forget. I asked what they said, and he said to come to
orientation on Monday. No interview? Apparently not. Why didn't
you say so earlier? Everyone was excited about Holly's job and he
figured he'd just wait.
That was a very sweet thing for him to do, to let the excitement of
the day be all hers, for her first job.
Marty took a week off from work because Madelyn is visiting here from
Seattle. Every night so far there's been something planned going on,
the first three nights involving me and other adults and teens all
mixed. Last night was Marty's birthday party, elsewhere. Keith and
I were invited, but we declined, to hang out at home by ourselves.
Busy week, and fun.
Sandra
Maisha Khalfani
<<Today is Marty's 18th birthday. He can go to the community college
now without taking a GED. >>
Happy belated birthday to Marty! And congrats on all of the good news in your household.
Question: once you turn 18 you don't have to take the GED to go to community college? Is that in every state?
Namaste
Maisha
http://khalfanifamilyadventures.blogspot.com
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life" ~ The Dalai Lama
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now without taking a GED. >>
Happy belated birthday to Marty! And congrats on all of the good news in your household.
Question: once you turn 18 you don't have to take the GED to go to community college? Is that in every state?
Namaste
Maisha
http://khalfanifamilyadventures.blogspot.com
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life" ~ The Dalai Lama
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Sandra Dodd
-=-Question: once you turn 18 you don't have to take the GED to go to
community college? Is that in every state?-=-
No. Hardly anything's in every state. <g>
For a long time people who were still of legal school age couldn't
take the GED in New Mexico, so they would drive to Arizona and take
it. The Arizona certificate was good in New Mexico, and Arizona
didn't mind giving them to people out of state.
For readers in fancy exotic places, like British Columbia and
Sedgefield, Cleveland, GED stands for Graduate Record Exam, and it's
a less respected substitute for a high school diploma.
Sandra
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community college? Is that in every state?-=-
No. Hardly anything's in every state. <g>
For a long time people who were still of legal school age couldn't
take the GED in New Mexico, so they would drive to Arizona and take
it. The Arizona certificate was good in New Mexico, and Arizona
didn't mind giving them to people out of state.
For readers in fancy exotic places, like British Columbia and
Sedgefield, Cleveland, GED stands for Graduate Record Exam, and it's
a less respected substitute for a high school diploma.
Sandra
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Schuyler
Hey I'm now in the exotic East Bilney, Norfolk and no longer the exotic
Sedgefield, Cleveland. And I have a GED from the ever exotic Omaha,
Nebraska.
Schuyler
www.waynforth.blogspot.com
Sedgefield, Cleveland. And I have a GED from the ever exotic Omaha,
Nebraska.
Schuyler
www.waynforth.blogspot.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Dodd" <Sandra@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Two UP, one to go
> -=-Question: once you turn 18 you don't have to take the GED to go to
> community college? Is that in every state?-=-
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> No. Hardly anything's in every state. <g>
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> For a long time people who were still of legal school age couldn't
> take the GED in New Mexico, so they would drive to Arizona and take
> it. The Arizona certificate was good in New Mexico, and Arizona
> didn't mind giving them to people out of state.
>
> For readers in fancy exotic places, like British Columbia and
> Sedgefield, Cleveland, GED stands for Graduate Record Exam, and it's
> a less respected substitute for a high school diploma.
>
> Sandra
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Julie Anderson
Late happy b'day to Marty! I hardly ever post but wanted to share a bit of what my girls are doing. My middle dd age 16 started GED classes last week. She was mostly unschooled except for a few unit studies yrs ago, when I was still trying to wrap my mind around unschooling. I think its cool that she chose to do this on her own and has done amazingly well considering she had never taken a test in her life. In the placement tests she scored way high in language and not so well in math.. as she expected. But she is confident that she will do fine, even with math, after a few classes. My oldest dd now 22, took the GED when she was 18 and scored quite high. She was the one who put up with the most of my 'school-at-home' ideas. I wonder what my totally unschooled, soon to be 12 yo dd will decide? Its been quite an adventure, learning to let go and to trust them. I still have my moments, but thankfully they are far and few between these days. Julie in MO
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