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...my dumbshit kid.

OK the whole thing's based on a meaningless test (except for National Merit Scholarships) of how well you take meaningless tests but still...he's the only one in his class of about 600.

Screw_Michigan wrote:Rack him/her/it. That potential $2500 will go a long way at USD.

Books for one semester?

Actually there are a lot of schools (most of them desperate for quality students) that offer partial or full ride merit scholarships based on that letter.

might get him/her into Grossmont.

might.

Back in the day, I got a National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation. Not quite on the same level as a finalist, but you still had to be in the top 2% to get a Letter of Commendation.

Of course, that and 50 cents got me a cup of coffee. Come to think of it, I probably needed a little more than 50 cents even back then.

Terry in Crapchester wrote:Back in the day, I got a National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation. Not quite on the same level as a finalist, but you still had to be in the top 2% to get a Letter of Commendation.

I got one of those. Who knows what might have happened if I hadn't drank so much the night before, necessitating the need for mmmmmmaaaaasssssssss pot-smoking before the test, to take the edge off.

Scholarship ? What the hell is that ? I wasn't quite Dins, but I was on the Dean's "other" list.
Hope your kid does well in college. He's going to need to in order to pay off all the loans.

Kid?
Don't you mean "grand-kid"?

I thought you were like 800 years old or something.
Let's cut you in half and count the rings, just to be sure.

Martyred wrote:Kid?
Don't you mean "grand-kid"?

I thought you were like 800 years old or something.
Let's cut you in half and count the rings, just to be sure.

OK I'm old.

But not like Mace. Or even Roach.

More like Clint Eastwood.

Mikey wrote:

Martyred wrote:Kid?
Don't you mean "grand-kid"?

I thought you were like 800 years old or something.
Let's cut you in half and count the rings, just to be sure.

OK I'm old.

But not like Mace. Or even Roach.

More like Clint Eastwood.

...it's the dome that makes Mikey look older than he is...being a "ringer" adds about 20 years.

btw...racks to little Mikey

so, you're kids adopted?

rack him, mikey.

RACK!!!!!!!!!

Mikey, are you saying the band kid is going to get a full ride to college?

Band kid?

He hasn't played in band since 8th grade...until this year. And it's jazz band not marching band.

Anyhoo, no prolly not a full ride anywhere. Unless he goes to Long Beach State. There's a good chance for it there.

He's seriously considering Cooper Union, if he gets in. Look it up.

You are sending a California boy to NY?

One must broaden one's horizons.

not one single mention of a BTPCF program?

that school's a fuggen joke.

Props to the boy, Mikey.

smackaholic wrote:so, you're kids your kid's adopted?

Never mind your capitalizing letters to begin a sentence deal, it's that whole apostrophe thing which truly vexes you, innit? It's like fucking hell on earth!



Admit it. You were texting with Wags's daughter as she was driving to a Liz Phair concert when you wrote that one, weren'tcha?

Van wrote:

smackaholic wrote:so, you're kids your kid's adopted?

Never mind your capitalizing letters to begin a sentence deal, it's that whole apostrophe thing which truly vexes you, innit? It's like fucking hell on earth!



Admit it. You were texting with Wags's daughter as she was driving to a Liz Phair concert when you wrote that one, weren'tcha?

yeah, look's like apostrophe's pretty much whip my ass.

dont text though.

as for capitalization, or lack thereof, all the kids are doin' it.

:D

VVVV

smackaholic wrote:not one single mention of a BTPCF program?

that school's a fuggen joke.

He's about the fastest...errrr....causasian....on the track team, but didn't want to play football for some reason.
I've had to come to terms with the fact that I raised a little Commie.

Mikey wrote:

smackaholic wrote:not one single mention of a BTPCF program?

that school's a fuggen joke.

He's about the fastest...errrr....causasian....on the track team, but didn't want to play football for some reason.
I've had to come to terms with the fact that I raised a little Commie.

...why do you hate other then caucasian?

Mikey wrote: He's about the fastest...errrr....causasian....on the track team, but didn't want to play football for some reason.

I thought you lived in La Canada.

ChargerMike wrote:

Mikey wrote:

smackaholic wrote:not one single mention of a BTPCF program?

that school's a fuggen joke.

He's about the fastest...errrr....causasian....on the track team, but didn't want to play football for some reason.
I've had to come to terms with the fact that I raised a little Commie.

...why do you hate other then caucasian?

Cause they're too fast.

Moving Sale wrote:

Mikey wrote: He's about the fastest...errrr....causasian....on the track team, but didn't want to play football for some reason.

I thought you lived in La Canada.

Hell no I'm not La Canadian. You must be thinking of Marty.

...my other troll.

Rack your kid Mikey. Job well done.

Outstanding Mike...that is very cool.

Hahaha RACK Russ.


Mikey, congrats to your boy. Apples don't fall far from the tree.

Russ wrote:That's pretty cool Mikey, except you shouldn't have put white out all over his paper.

Yeah he (and his mom) got sorta pissed when they saw that.

Congratulations to your boy and you Mikey. The merit scholarship is worthy of congratulations. Your son has to have natural smarts to attain that but he also had to have been brought up well and with discipline by his parents.