tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27241267.post6906351645677282675..comments2023-10-14T03:02:29.968-05:00Comments on Buns of Strudel: Plans for LifeBoShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05411220480236471756noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27241267.post-5682385004275679942007-04-26T10:18:00.000-05:002007-04-26T10:18:00.000-05:00Wow! You handled that great. I hope when the time ...Wow! You handled that great. I hope when the time comes for my kids to take 'the test' I can remember what you said (and what I did).<BR/><BR/>I had a bunch of overachieving (or maybe I was underachieving) friends in HS who took a prep class at 6 a.m. or something. I didn't have a car or a ride, so I just rode the bus and took my regular classes. Took the ACT and SAT once. Scored pretty much in line w/all my other friends who took the same classes (and the prep clas, and the test more than once to gain a couple extra points).<BR/><BR/>On to the 'pick a major' discussion. So, my underachieving self applies to one college (hometown...UNLV). I get a full ride Electrical Engineering Scholarship (yay me). 3 semesters in, I realize that I am mentally re-writing most of my engineering texts and wanting to go to a bunch more classes than the engineering program allowed (that is, I wanted to learn something other than, programming, engineering, and math). I blew off the scholarship, changed my major to English got a French minor (which I don't use, but still enjoyed getting), and graduated w/a BA English Lit. I'm now a technical writer who works part time, from my house and can devote the rest of my time to being a mom and a wife. My life is truly blessed...now...but it took a lot of guts to trash that scholarship. Fortunately I had supportive parents. Anyway, the short version is please add one more voice to those telling Bunny she doesn't have to decide 'right now'...she'll figure it out when she figures it out.<BR/><BR/>Amber in AlbuquerqueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27241267.post-2671208671715922682007-04-25T07:07:00.000-05:002007-04-25T07:07:00.000-05:00Great post. Even though I was that calm about my o...Great post. Even though I was that calm about my own final high school exams, it gives me hope I may manage it for my children too (mind you it's a long way away for me - the older one is only 5!)<BR/><BR/>Nice blog.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110533906307368556noreply@blogger.com