I was supposed to blog but I forgot.

[ozcot]

I think it would be much more thrilling to blog if I hadn't been doing it for so long now; it would make this requirement more worthwhile. Don't they know that blogging is only good if you're updating with valid information and real news? If you're just filling the forms up to get your points, it's not a very good measure of how one can use it. One

Comments

[talkingtolkien]

How did you like homeschooling? I attended "regular" school for most of my time before coming here to Meridian, but two or three times spent a year doing things at home for various reasons. I didn't notice much of a difference in quality!

[ozcot]

Hi again Ron!

I'm really glad I was homeschooled. My local school district back home never got much money, and I'm not Catholic, so the private school wasn't an option because I didn't qualify for the scholarships. Most of my brothers and sisters were also homeschooled, though we all got the option to do otherwise.

I think it let me try things that a regular school never would have encouraged. I learned the same things, but I got to specialize in a much more individualized way. My little brother who wasn't homeschooled has a few more friends but has also had a lot more trouble than those in the family who didn't go to public school. I never felt short-changed for social life or experiences - I got to choose more of my experiences, in fact.

[talkingtolkien]

Well, you know that a great many Catholic schools do allow you to attend if you're not in the Church. But it sounds like you got a very good deal!

[ozcot]

Oh, I could have attended Aquinas High. The problem was money - the better scholarships go to people who are actually Catholic, which makes a lot of sense to me. I'm here at this school on the Miracle Fund, 'cos there's no other way with as many kids are in my family I'd be going to college. (I'm #5 of 7, which is just wrong.)

[go_friars]

Hi frankie! My name is Harry- it's really nice to meet you! I love cookies. We should get together and bake sometime.

[ozcot]

Favorite cookie?

[go_friars]

Peanut butter cookies are far and away my favorite kind of cookie with every other cookie as a close second. I actually know a really good recipe- leaving in a house with three guys SOMEONE had to learn how to cook- so I was being totally serious when I said we should bake sometime.

[go_friars]

Oops! I meant living instead of leaving :-P!

[longlost_friend]

As a faint note of reassurance, I am a total freak for having my major picked out so early. I'm actually in this school because of my faculty adviser. We were corresponding on folktales long before I was even considering college, so, well, I'm probably more of a statistical outlier than you are.

Even as I say this I'm not sure it's all that reassuring.

[ozcot]

I just can't choose. I was always horrible at choosing. When they made me get an ice cream cone I always picked the twist-flavor kind, or neapolitan, or two scoops different flavors (rum-cherry and pistachio! Ooo.)

[tollingforthee]

I actually had a pretty long conversation with my new room mate about picking majors early versus picking them later. I think it's important to do something.

You don't need to have your major decided. Just: do something.

Not that I suspect you'll have a problem with that.

[ozcot]

How would you even get into this college if you don't do something?

[tollingforthee]

Money, usually.

[ozcot]

How depressing.

[austensibly]

Hi, I'm Jane, I'm in 325 in Astor, and I, too, am a religious farmgirl. Except it's a horsefarm and I got lucky in that my parents are uber-liberal type religious.

Nice to meet you!

[ozcot]

Hi Jane! Oh, HORSES. I always wanted to do more with horses. My great-grandma had a horse farm, but it went bust with my grandfather's death (my family can be bad with money, chip off the old block, alas). My family is probably a lot more conservative than yours, but I'm happy that they're not asking questions about my wearing skirts while I'm here and playing the modesty card. Seriously, I think they're relaxing in their old age, Mom and Dad are.

Nice to meet you too! I may drop by sometime to say hello.

[austensibly]

I'd like that. I work at a stable, so I can get a bit of a discount, if you want to learn to ride. I'll even point out the ones to stay away from.

How are you on the activism front, anyway? Ever do any charity work?

[ozcot]

Oh, lots. Our church women's group does an awful lot when it comes to food and clothing drives, and helping with education for employment, and sponsoring a local shelter...

We make our own fun. You know?