Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[LionsFanInJapan]

4,000 Posts!!

Nice one! btw, looking forward to seeing some of the photos you get with the new lens.

[MiamiTreo3]

My daughter has had a really rough year. Her grandfather died and she was forced to uproot from Ohio, which she loved and had a bunch of friends, to North Carolina, which she hate's so far and is now living in a less than ideal situation. Nothing serious, just cramped quarters, in a small house with too many people.
However, she maintained her grades and has again received straight A's. She has also been told she will be up for an opportunity to earn her AA degree while she attends high school. She will be a freshman next year. I didnt mention that my daughter was held back in the first grade due to a developmental problem where her brain didnt send the signal to her hand causing her to write letters and words backwards similar to dyslexia.
This kid really amazes me. She has been through so much so far in her life and to be as level headed and still focused on school, just blows me away. I am so proud of her. I know every one says they have the greatest kids but I truly believe it.

Edit: This opportunity is not for everyone. They select 10 students in the county a year to participate. My daughter is one of 50 finalists thus far.

[Malto Marko]

Congrats, Treo. I hope she gets selected.

[LionsFanInJapan]

Nice Treo, good luck to your daughter!

[DanO]

Congrats Islair.

..............you too Treo. Isn't it a great feeling.

GO LIONS "11" !

[SeattleLionsFan]

That's awesome Treo. Don't let her get boy crazy and throw away her grades...

[-Deborah-]

Maybe she'll get lucky and meet a guy who calls her a c**t right away.

[Islair]

Thats great Treo, wish her luck for me.

[DanO]

"Don't let her get boy crazy and throw away her grades... "
------------------You just described my daughter. She use to get all A's. Now she gets a few A's a few B's and some C's. Dad isn't too happy. Problem is mom tells her C's are a good grade.

GO LIONS "11" !

[Islair]

My neighbors daugher I thought had it all.

Neither parent went to college, and they are great people, but they are what you would call rednecks. No shirts pretty much anytime, keystone light, they go to the trailor park on the weekends, etc.

Well her senior year in high school she was given a full ride scholarship to an area college for her grades, it was the perfect chance to move up the ladder in life, then in February she showed up pregnant. She never went to college.

I thought it was such a waste.

[Coop]

when kids are given something like that, they don't appreciate the value until it's too late. I'm not putting my kids through school. They will either earn scholarships on their own, work and pay their own way, or take loans.

[nhwbrooklyn]

Still paying off my loans...

I wish someone had removed the middle man and moved them directly to federal loans back when I was a student.

[Islair]

I was given college by my parents, and I smoke and drank the opportunity away.

If I wanted to go back I had to pay for it myself, which I did. Made my last college loan payment about a year ago. Since I was footing the bill I tried a hell of a lot harder, that is for certain.

[Coop]

Best gift you can ever give your kids is indepencence. Kids don't learn these kinds of things when they are simply given whatever they want. I know as a parent I want my kids to have a better life than I do, but there's a fine line between giving them what they need versus spoiling them.

Going through that stage of things with my two 5 year olds...

[MiamiTreo3]

Thanx everyone. I am pretty excited. I have tried my best to spoil my daughter when I can but when I lost my job as a hotel manager afew years ago, it has made it difficult. My daughter has been understanding and has thrived since. She may like boys and things might not go the way we would hope but she know's I love her no matter what.

Deb, I could only hope she would be so lucky! Actually, my daughter(her name is Lexus, so I can stop saying my daughter every time) has shown great character from an early age. She would not succumb to the crowd of girls in her neighborhood, rather she would come home and play by herself than do things with them she knew she shouldn't be doing. But thanx for the wishes!