Apr. 1st, 2012

updatey

Apr. 1st, 2012 10:15 am
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[livejournal.com profile] musique_monkey is starting to feel better.  He's going to be exhausted and breathless for a long time, and need to rest a lot, but he's in less pain and recovers faster when he does tire himself out.  Thank you for all the good wishes and help.  Sorry if I haven't had time to respond to everyone.

Spider is feeling positive about Long Road, even the Long Bike Ride.  We found out a bit more about Hills Road admissions.  Seems they were overwhelmed with applicants for Sciences this year.  Normally, they look at your best 8 predicted grades--including Maths and Eng Lang--and make you an offer if you have 6 As.  Spider has 6 As, though actually getting them is of course a whole nother challenge.  This year for Sciences, they are making offers only to people who are predicted 8 As so Spider, and many like him are out.
I can't fault the logic, but it seems a fairly crap way of recruiting the best scientists, since only 4 of those 8 As are going to be for Maths and Sciences.  And because one of the As has to be English Lang, it's a pretty clear statement that they're not interested in anyone with significant dyslexia, however brilliant he/she may be at Maths or Science.  There is no way in the known universe that Spider could ever get an A for English Language.  (Correction: no legal way.)  I expect Long Road Science dept will be rubbing their hands in glee.  

The monkey house is well on the way to being packed up, with sterling help from [livejournal.com profile] tamaranth and [livejournal.com profile] ladymoonray yesterday, and [livejournal.com profile] la_marquise_de_ plus marquis today.  Monkeycats appear to be self-packing, but also self-unpacking.  Monkey boys are very good at stacking boxes.

I'm going to pack the computer today.  We'll still have internet and laptop for a while, but I don't suppose I'll be posting or replying until we're set up in the new place.

Have a good Easter!


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