Friday, February 15, 2013

Big Day, Tough Decisions

Charlie came home from school this afternoon saying he'd made a decision and wanted to know if I was going to be mad about it.  He has decided to stay at MSD-Frederick (his high school) for an extra year in order to focus solely on English.  Having taken the ACT test several times now and not gotten his English scores up where they should be for college, he is worried that even if he gets accepted for college, he would be unable to succeed because his English is still not up to snuff.

Mad?  ME???  I raised this as a possibility to him over a year ago, and he got majorly pissed off at me for even suggesting it.  Any time I mentioned it, he would go into a snit, so I eventually just shut up.  Now that he has come to this decision on his own, he's worried that I will be MAD?  No way!!

I think it's an excellent decision. 

So, having settled that, I went outside to collect the mail from the box.  There is a big white envelope from RIT/NTID with big orange letters stamped on the front saying "You're In!!!"  It's addressed to Charlie. 

I wasn't sure if this was something to do with that Explore Your Future that he had this past summer or whether it actually had something to do with his college application, since he had applied to both RIT/NTID and Gallaudet during the course of the school year, so I hovered a little while he opened his mail. 

CHINABOI WAS ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE!!!

He is not planning to accept the slot this year--he is standing by his decision to stay at MSD for another year of schooling and to get his ACT scores up.  Furthermore, he really wants Gallaudet (we haven't heard from them yet). 

But it is exciting to know that, even with scores that weren't quite up to snuff, he was already accepted.  That means that he will be even better positioned next year after getting some more focus on English and raising his scores.  There is no doubt about it now--ChinaBoi is gonna go to college!

There is just no way he could possibly have dreamed of all this 6 short years ago when he was living in that orphanage.  No way. 

But sometimes the dreams you DON'T dare to dream can come true, too. 

Congrats, ChinaBoi!!!  Mommy is SO proud of you.