I spent the morning and early afternoon organizing and prepping documents for my youngest son. He is a junior in high school and college is looming ahead. The time went by fast. I bought the color-coded Trapper Keeper folders to keep in the binder, trying to keep his choices down to five. It costs $30-40 to apply to just one college. I went through his transcripts and all the classes he has taken up to now. We had him on the "highly selective college track" which meant four years each of English, Science, Social Studies, Math, and Foreign Language. Then since he wants to be a musical theatre/dramatic arts major, we had to block out another four years for Drama and Vocal Music Classes. That left very little for P.E.,Health, and those other pesky requirements that we are trying to squeeze into a seven hour day. We did not let him waste an hour with study hall and monitor his studies from home. It is all working out. We met with his colle...
life, really, and a latte by Tayé Foster Bradshaw