I'm not much of a photographer, but it turns out that Montana is a lovely state in the fall.
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Mr. Washington said that he was seeing more thank-you notes than ever, and that Lehigh received 50 or 60 in just one day last week. The notes are directed not just to admissions officers, but also to college tour guides and alumni who are often the ones most likely to be conducting college interviews these days.
Woody O’Cain, the admissions director at Furman University in South Carolina, said he received thousands each year.
“I laugh and tell people that’s the kind of stuff that replaces the zeros on my paycheck,” Mr. O’Cain said. “I realize a lot of them are strategic. A guidance counselor says be sure to write a thank-you note because they want it to be added to the file. But there are plenty that are very heartfelt.”
You need to get more sleep:
The surprise is how much sleep affects academic performance and emotional stability, as well as phenomena that we assumed to be entirely unrelated, such as the international obesity epidemic and the rise of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A few scientists theorize that sleep problems during formative years can cause permanent changes in a child’s brain structure: damage that one can’t sleep off like a hangover. It’s even possible that many of the hallmark characteristics of being a tweener and teen—moodiness, depression, and even binge eating—are actually symptoms of chronic sleep deprivation.
Go see "Once" at the Myrna Loy. It's a musical that even someone who hates musicals (hypothetically) could love.
Check out the movie web site . That'll probably tell you if this is the movie for you.
News and Notes
A couple of quick notes:
- Grades are updated and posted for mid-terms.
- There is a new link under the AP menu called "This Week in AP." Check there for weekly vocabulary and essay assignments.