C/O '26 parents - place to commiserate and share. Roller coaster for the next 3 years!

jbm2m said:
Why not the USNA Breitling?

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Watch geek here. If you are going that way, might I suggest a Tudor? Made by Rolex, has the same COSC cert movement (so ultimately has value beyond the brand) and more tool watch than the Tags. Helps with the resale. All of us watch nerds are flippers.
 
... so I think three gifts already selected for DS since he wants to be a pilot: military issue Timex watch with an olive strap, Rolex MilSub, and the classic Kabar.
... sort of passing a heritage to the next generation of warriors. When I was in a mission, I wore the Timex on the lapel of my cammies; divers watch on the wrist; and Kabar strap around my lower leg.
 
So, it is the 6-week exams this week. As my kid was signing the honor code thing for his Physics exam, the professor closed the test and cancelled it. Why? Because he had recycled some of the questions on the test from previous ones, which a lot of people were using as study guides and practice. So, he realized he couldn't in clear conscience use it. Now, they will take a different one today.

I like the ethical aspect, but it is still a bummer to have to put off a test!

Luckily, the dude seems to be doing pretty well in the class (and others, per what I know so far).

He was supposed to meet up and talk about travel abroad for one of the summer sessions and/or a semester. I don't think he gave me any feedback on how that went. I'll have to check.
 
IronmanDaremo said:
So, it is the 6-week exams this week. As my kid was signing the honor code thing for his Physics exam, the professor closed the test and cancelled it. Why? Because he had recycled some of the questions on the test from previous ones, which a lot of people were using as study guides and practice. So, he realized he couldn't in clear conscience use it. Now, they will take a different one today.

I like the ethical aspect, but it is still a bummer to have to put off a test!

Luckily, the dude seems to be doing pretty well in the class (and others, per what I know so far).

He was supposed to meet up and talk about travel abroad for one of the summer sessions and/or a semester. I don't think he gave me any feedback on how that went. I'll have to check.
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Are "gouge files" still a thing? We had a file cabinet in our company lounge with old tests/quizzes for practically every class. Hit the jackpot once with an Intro to Poly Sci exam being the exact same one we had in our file.
 
8th Wing Refugee said:
Are "gouge files" still a thing? We had a file cabinet in our company lounge with old tests/quizzes for practically every class. Hit the jackpot once with an Intro to Poly Sci exam being the exact same one we had in our file.
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The best was Capt Gouge, -- USMC "wires" (EE) professor, who conducted a "review" session the night before each exam, and the review was "very similar" to what was on the test. It started out with a few attendees, then grew until it filled a whole lecture hall. My recollection is that the EE department finally shut him down , but not until a lot of got most of the way through wires.
 
IronmanDaremo said:
So, it is the 6-week exams this week. As my kid was signing the honor code thing for his Physics exam, the professor closed the test and cancelled it. Why? Because he had recycled some of the questions on the test from previous ones, which a lot of people were using as study guides and practice. So, he realized he couldn't in clear conscience use it. Now, they will take a different one today.

I like the ethical aspect, but it is still a bummer to have to put off a test!

Luckily, the dude seems to be doing pretty well in the class (and others, per what I know so far).

He was supposed to meet up and talk about travel abroad for one of the summer sessions and/or a semester. I don't think he gave me any feedback on how that went. I'll have to check.
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That is nuts. Tests are supposed to measure your understanding. Of course there are repeat questions in every subject on every test.

Imagine if the SATs didn’t allow old exams and studying from them.
 
I sort of remember a few years ago there was a huge stink on an exam that had big honor code repercussions. I'm betting his approach had something to do with that.
 
IronmanDaremo said:
So, it is the 6-week exams this week. As my kid was signing the honor code thing for his Physics exam, the professor closed the test and cancelled it. Why? Because he had recycled some of the questions on the test from previous ones, which a lot of people were using as study guides and practice. So, he realized he couldn't in clear conscience use it. Now, they will take a different one today.

I like the ethical aspect, but it is still a bummer to have to put off a test!

Luckily, the dude seems to be doing pretty well in the class (and others, per what I know so far).

He was supposed to meet up and talk about travel abroad for one of the summer sessions and/or a semester. I don't think he gave me any feedback on how that went. I'll have to check.
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Daughter just completed her application for LSAP and now working on semester abroad application. Mom is having a hard time with the idea of semester abroad. 🤢

Haiku for my feelings-
Semester abroad
In a land across the world
Makes mom want to puke
 
LA rockymnt hi said:
Daughter just completed her application for LSAP and now working on semester abroad application. Mom is having a hard time with the idea of semester abroad. 🤢

Haiku for my feelings-
Semester abroad
In a land across the world
Makes mom want to puke
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Mom can visit!!

Seriously, what an opportunity…
 
My son spent time abroad. Nothing that bothered me.

While in Engineer School after graduation, blobfish decided to get into hiking.

And as a beginner - he decided to hike Half Dome in Yosemite. Mom was furious. Dad won’t go up three rungs on a ladder because of tremendous fear of heights.
 
justdoit19 said:
Mom can visit!!

Seriously, what an opportunity…
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My college semester abroad was a watershed moment in my life.

My mother, in particular, told me I had “places to go, people to meet, things to do,” and I should take every opportunity to go explore the world. Dad was right with her. Of course, she and her BFF, barely out of HS, days after the Pearl Harbor attack, took the bus to NYC to take a civil service exam, joined the Army Air Corps, took a troop train to San Francisco for training, then a converted Matson passenger liner now troop carrier to Honolulu. She was an air traffic controller at Hickam Army Air Field the rest of WWII, then was shifted over to accounting after the war’s end and men returned to those jobs. She was the valedictorian of her HS class, captain of the state champion women’s basketball team, with no expectation of college in a family with 13 children in wartime. She had places to go, things to do, people to meet. And yes, she and Dad had a blast visiting me that semester, and in later years, Spain, Italy, San Francisco, San Diego, Pearl Harbor…. Anytime Mom made noises about me being far away and missing me and why couldn’t I get orders to King’s Bay Sub Base down the highway a bit, Dad reminded her whose daughter I was. I have no doubt I didn’t appreciate her as much as she deserved. Strength, brains and endless energy.
 
Capt MJ said:
My college semester abroad was a watershed moment in my life.

My mother, in particular, told me I had “places to go, people to meet, things to do,” and I should take every opportunity to go explore the world. Dad was right with her. Of course, she and her BFF, barely out of HS, days after the Pearl Harbor attack, took the bus to NYC to take a civil service exam, joined the Army Air Corps, took a troop train to San Francisco for training, then a converted Matson passenger liner now troop carrier to Honolulu. She was an air traffic controller at Hickam Army Air Field the rest of WWII, then was shifted over to accounting after the war’s end and men returned to those jobs. She was the valedictorian of her HS class, captain of the state champion women’s basketball team, with no expectation of college in a family with 13 children in wartime. She had places to go, things to do, people to meet. And yes, she and Dad had a blast visiting me that semester, and in later years, Spain, Italy, San Francisco, San Diego, Pearl Harbor…. Anytime Mom made noises about me being far away and missing me and why couldn’t I get orders to King’s Bay Sub Base down the highway a bit, Dad reminded her whose daughter I was. I have no doubt I didn’t appreciate her as much as she deserved. Strength, brains and endless energy.
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Sounds exactly like the mom that you would have.

I do hope you are workin on your memoirs. To include a delicious recipe or 20 ♥️
 
LA rockymnt hi said:
Daughter just completed her application for LSAP and now working on semester abroad application. Mom is having a hard time with the idea of semester abroad. 🤢

Haiku for my feelings-
Semester abroad
In a land across the world
Makes mom want to puke
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My wife survived our oldest being in the UK for school for all four years.. You can do it. We had some great visits.
 
Capt MJ said:
My mother, in particular, told me I had “places to go, people to meet, things to do,” and I should take every opportunity to go explore the world. Dad was right with her.
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DW occasionally laments the fact that DD is so far away. DD went to school on the East Coast and remains there as a 2LT at MOS school. She’s already informed us that once MOS school is done, she’s hoping to be sent to either Okinawa or Hawaii. While at USNA, she did an LREC that took her to the Middle East for six weeks.

Says DW: “I miss her so much. I wish we could see her more often. I wish she would come home more often. Why does she want to live in such faraway places!”

My response (after considering our multiple moves, our time living in Europe, our family trips abroad, and my own business jaunts around the world): “Because we raised her to be that way.”
 
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