but, also there are some very smart kids getting a
college education whose parents would not been able to
pay.

--- ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> well, here in georgia, there is something called the
> hope schollarship that was started when the now,
> senator miller was then governor. if you end up high
> school with a "b" average then college tuition and
> books are paid in state colleges. the catch is that
> you have to do a "b" average in college. you drop
> below a "b" average, you are out. lots of students
> get
> to the 1st semester and then are gone. maybe they
> are
> not college material, maybe they are smart but have
> no
> study habits, maybe lazy, but, gone. however it has
> pressed the compettition to get accepted by the more
> prestigios schols. that is why georgia tech raised
> its
> SAT requirement. you also can have very few "b"s
> before you are out of their compettion.
>
>
> --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> >   Amber is staying here and going to Northern
> > Virginia Community =
> > College, and Alexandra is at Christopher Newport
> > University in Newport =
> > News. Well, Alex has always had her sights on
> going
> > to college - so she =
> > worked hard to maintain a 3.5 in HS. And she was
> > serious about what she =
> > wanted to do and picked CNU becasue of its
> program.
> > 5 year with a BA and =
> > then Master's in Education. Thankfully, she won a
> > $4,000 a year =
> > renewable scholarship, and gets lots of grant
> money
> > becasue the FEDS use =
> > her parents income - not mine ( they are both
> > indigents part of the =
> > reason they were happy to sign her over to me) so
> > she only has to come =
> > with 2600.00 - and she is taking out a student
> loan
> > - that her paternal =
> > grandmother will pay off from a small college find
> > she had set up for =
> > her. Amber has always taken going to college for
> > granted - she played =
> > thru HS so she ended up with a 2.0 average - and
> > can't get into a 4 year =
> > college or university. So its off to NOVA. Which
> > helps becasue my =
> > parents had promised to pay for her college - but
> > have renigned now that =
> > the bills are due - so I have the only $17,000.00
> I
> > saved up - much of =
> > her "college" money went to the school for
> "special
> > needs kids" she was =
> > in was in as a tot but it was well worth it - Her
> > Godmother has a =
> > college fund for her that will cover 1 year, then
> I
> > have to either =
> > borrow against the house or cash in my 401K.
> Either
> > way - its covered. =
> > But going to NOVA will make it go further. Example
> -
> > yesterday we paid =
> > for Amber 1015.20 for tuition and 344.90 for
> books.
> > Alexandra's was =
> > 6400.00 tution and another $400 for books.=20
> >
> >                                    Trisha
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:37 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Update on Amber and me
> >
> >
> > ben is graduating this year. the years get away
> > don't
> > they. where are the girls going to college?
> >
> > my son sleeps most the morning so his hard classes
> > (this year only 2 are not for college credit) are
> > scheduled for the afternoon. unfortunate for him
> the
> > SAT are not scheduled for owls. i do not think
> he'll
> > do as well as he would if it were scheduled after
> > lunch insead of in the morning. might keep him out
> > of
> > his first choice of schools. but, before that he
> > needs
> > to just settle his mind on a major. that might
> > dictate
> > where he wants to go.
> >
> > --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >   I have been silent for several months due to
> > > getting the girls in =3D
> > > colleges, working - one part -time job went
> under,
> > > but it took 3 months =3D
> > > to happen and I got the next part time job while
> > > still working there - =3D
> > > so for about 6 weeks I was working 3 jobs, I had
> > > surprise surgery and =3D
> > > Amber's grandparental units are/where ill and
> > > failing. My Mom - Amber's =3D
> > > grandmother is finally getting better after a
> > > stroke, and surgery, it =3D
> > > was touch and go for awhile. Amber paternal
> > > grandfather is failing =3D
> > > badly, and its a day by day thing. While I don't
> > > mind the myriad of =3D
> > > things that have needed attention - it would
> have
> > > been nice if they had =3D
> > > happened consecutively and not at all the same
> > time
> > > or overlapping - but =3D
> > > then that wouldn't be very realitic would it.
> > >
> > > On the bright side:=3D20
> > >
> > > Amber and Alexandra graduated high school on
> 6/14.
> > > Yes, I cried. When =3D
> > > she first walked out I had this memory of her in
> > the
> > > isolette struggling =3D
> > > to live and there she was now walking all grown
> up
> > -
> > > a angelic vision in =3D
> > > an all white gown and fluffy hair with the white
> > > motar board perched =3D
> > > atop her head. She has really long hair - past
> her
> > > waist, and it was =3D
> > > perfect that evening. Her father came!!!!!!!!!
> He
> > > was resplendent in his =3D
> > > dress blues. I will post pictures eventually. Of
> > > Amber - not her father. =3D
> > > Alexandra got to sing and the she was sitting
> > > directly in front of Amber =3D
> > > - so it was kinda together. Amber was scared to
> > > death she was going to =3D
> > > trip - walking across the stage but she made
> > it!!=3D20
> > >
> > > Amber starts college - Northern Virginia
> Community
> > > College - next =3D
> > > Monday. Alexandra is being deposited at
> > Christopher
> > > Newport University =3D
> > > tomorrow. Amber starting dating in the Spring
> and
> > > has a boyfriend - who =3D
> > > just left for Hawaii. If Amber stays here and
> > > continues at NOVA, I will =3D
> > > get her a car. She is thinking of transferring
> to
> > > Christopher Newport in =3D
> > > January. Oh, yes and now also the University of
> > > Hawaii. Actually, I am =3D
> > > not sure she has a good grasp on what she wants
> > just
> > > right now , she is =3D
> > > being really annoyingly - a teenager at the
> > moment.
> > > We had a family =3D
> > > dinner out last night - and I always wondered
> why
> > > when there is a family =3D
> > > of four one of the kids sits by mom and the
> other
> > by
> > > dad. You would have =3D
> > > thought I had 2 eight year olds instead of 2
> > college
> > > bound young ladies. =3D
> > > They have truly become sisters - right down to
> the
>
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