E got into FIT for next year

[conuly]

In the Fashion Design program, which is supposed to be hard to get into though, to her annoyance, none of us expected her not to get in at all. It's a bit hard for us to get too excited.

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Comments

[ghostpuppet]

Mazel tov to E. :D

[conuly]

I don't want to be impolite, and I don't mind either way, but I feel it might be worse if I don't ask - do I know you? If not, again, I don't mind... I'd just rather not think I don't if I do.

[ghostpuppet]

I am Sam. I comment on your journal occasionally. :) lol

:)

[conuly]

:)

Re: :)

[ghostpuppet]

I like the links you have in your entries. :)

[crystalpyramid]

Wow that's exciting! Congrats to E!

And I'm surprised NIF is finally making progress. I grew up in Rochester where our local laser lab told us on field trips that fusion energy was only 30 years away. It would be strange if they were actually approximately right...

[conuly]

How long were they saying that?

[crystalpyramid]

Talking to older physicists, I think it's been "30 years away" for a long while but my field trip was probably around the year 2000.

[conuly]

(Also, to be clear, we all thought she was stressing out a little too much about her portfolio. We're happy, but I think she's the only one who is excited. I don't know the right amount of boasting, but I am not sure too many other people are as brilliant as she is at what she likes to do.)

[shadowkat]

Ah, I see, she's brilliant, but doesn't appear to know it. Reminds me of my niece.

[shadowkat]

Congrats to E!! That's a really difficult field though...

[conuly]

Well, to be perfectly honest, with E's long-term goals she's about the only person I'd ever recommend to do CUNY BA instead.

But she seems to have a plan.

[bibliofile]

Oh, plans are good! Not everyone has them, at that age.

(Hoping that they're good at adapting/adjusting plans too, if need be.)

Congrats on E for getting in!

(Better to have worried than be insufferably sure about it?)

[conuly]

IDK, insufferably sure worked for all the rest of us. She's not being a team player!

[shadowkat]

That makes me curious as to what her long-term goals actually are?

I am admittedly skeptical of anyone in their teens or early twenties' career goals. Unless they have a patron, or someone who is going to help them realize those goals, and pave the way - it's bound to change. Or even it they do, it's still bound to change. Although there are people who planned to become an actress, fashion designer, novelist, singer, lawyer, doctor, etc - at the age of 10 and actually achieved that career and stayed in it all their lives.

[conuly]

You'd have to ask her. Whether she follows through on them or not, I do think she's one of very few young people I've ever met who would have the wherewithal to make her own bachelor's.

[adafrog]

lol Poor E. I'll be excited!

[conuly]

:D

I told her that everybody else was extremely impressed, so that helped.

[adafrog]

:D

[archersangel]

congrats to E!

[topaz_eyes]

Hey that's great news! Congratulations to E!

[movingfinger]

Can't help but think that the decision to close Billingsgate and Smithfield, which localize a great deal of transportation and infrastructure to support their industries, is driven by someone wanting to get their hands on the real estate. Specialized industries need specialized services and create specialized problems---there are likely very few London places that will accept the truck traffic etc.

[nocowardsoul]

Hooray!