tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post4234009978968528244..comments2023-10-22T14:46:45.656+01:00Comments on Mad Manic Mamas: Thoughts from the Ivory Towers...Sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-233593258251636482010-03-22T16:45:55.630+00:002010-03-22T16:45:55.630+00:00A few of my friends had to do all this last year a...A few of my friends had to do all this last year and told stories of sitting up with their teen till 2am, filling out forms and writing essays with them. I swore I wouldn't do that, and am still determined not to. HOwever, a few weeks ago she applied for a summer journalism course which is really hard to get onto. The application was like a college app, and sure enough she left it and left it until I was almost screaming at her. Why do they do this?Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-71153274190527381682010-03-22T08:33:04.197+00:002010-03-22T08:33:04.197+00:00I let EBD write her own personal statement, and th...I let EBD write her own personal statement, and the other letter of support asked for by one uni. It feckin killed me not to be writing it for her, I'm sure there's some admissions tutor somewhere thinking how thick her parent is !!!!auntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-36517211869442683992010-03-22T07:31:52.983+00:002010-03-22T07:31:52.983+00:00Such troubling times ... both personally and globa...Such troubling times ... both personally and globally...and our mother 'default' setting, the care for, encourage, worry about one, does'nt switch off when our beloved offspring reach 18.....but as long as we continue to care, cajole, encourage etc., then all will be well we hope...libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.com