Well, my money sure is getting a work-out, if that's what you mean.

I thought you had to give them money. Now you're talking about closet organizing systems and diamonds. I'm just confused, is all.

She took AP Chem as a sophomore?? What the frell kind of school is this?!

Heee. Last year she had AP Chem, AP European History, English EXP, Advanced Algebra II, and Spanish 3. She didn't take the AP Chem test, but got a 3 on the AP European History test.

She is still waffling on what she wants to major in, so she hasn't been looking at school requirements much yet. We have talked about how different colleges view AP classes though.

I thought you had to give them money. Now you're talking about closet organizing systems and diamonds. I'm just confused, is all.

No, the money was for diamonds. I didn't make that clear before. Or, well, I didn't know that was the One True Reason to spend money before. Because diamonds are forever, don't you know. They will always remember that diamond bracelet I bought them and think about how fucking awesome I am.

She is still waffling on what she wants to major in, so she hasn't been looking at school requirements much yet.

Most schools require you to take classes outside your major, so one definite thing she should do is take AP tests for anything she's totally not interested in being forced to take in college. For me, that was anything in the social sciences like government and economics and history and all that business.

P-C, have you gone on an anti-blood-diamond spiel to your mom yet? That could be a bit of fun.

I did that in my head afterward, actually. It was really fun except I couldn't think of the right participle to pair with "human rights."

No, the money was for diamonds. I didn't make that clear before. Or, well, I didn't know that was the One True Reason to spend money before. Because diamonds are forever, don't you know. They will always remember that diamond bracelet I bought them and think about how fucking awesome I am.

Are you buying the diamonds, or are you just giving them money, and you know they'll be spending it on diamonds? I still can't tell.

I'm giving my grandmother money, and she'll get good diamonds from India.

K-Bug amazes me. High school was a lot easier when I went. I have a feeling I wouldn't be able to coast now the way I did when I was in school. Which is good: yay better education! I might have learned something. But also bad in that kiddos are so stressy so much earlier. They've figured out their majors in college by the time they're sophomores in high school now. Insanity.

I knew I was early in figuring out my major at 13, but I'm still perplexed at the idea of not knowing by the time you start university. In the English system we severely narrowed our options at 16, because we were trimming down to 3 or four subjects to be studied in the next two years.

I have a feeling I wouldn't be able to coast now the way I did when I was in school.

Wrod. I don't remember stretching myself at all in high school. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that everything being easy was a sign that I was smart instead of classes simply being cakewalks. I only ever struggled in algebra and just assumed I was dumb that way. Geometry was insanely easy for me, and it never dawned on me that geometry was math, too, which meant I was capable of math. I thought the teacher was just being nice when he said I had a real talent for it.