July 13th-- Ever since she was a little girl Nicole has wanted to be a teacher. She has never wavered in that decision although what she wants to teach does change, from elementary to high school to special ed. She just knows that this is what she is meant to do. Well that dream is one step closer to becoming a reality- Nicole found out this past Thursday that she has been accepted into the Honour Arts program at Wilfrid Laurier's Brantford campus to do Contemporary Studies- Childhood Education and Development & Psychology. She is so thrilled!
It has been a long road for Nicole to get here. If you never remember anything else you ever read here on this blog this is my one life lesson for you- do not, I repeat, do not take your grade 12 child out of school for a family vacation before mid term marks are in!!!!! We took Nicole to Florida this winter for an extra week at March Break and then we came back and she had a bladder infection and the flu- she missed over 2 weeks of classes altogether so when it was time for her mid term marks to be sent into the university her teachers didn't have enough work from Nicole to accurately represent her mark. As a result Nicole did not get accepted into university in the Spring. She did contact the school and asked them to reassess her with her final marks when they came in. Well the university agreed, her marks were great and they sent Nicole an acceptance last week. She had resigned herself to going back to high school for a 5th year so this news was very welcome but also met with trepidation as now she was under the gun to get everything organized. She need to accept, get registered, apply for residence and pick her courses all by Monday afternoon! Thank god for wi-fi! We spent a lot of our weekend away reading all the Laurier sites and figuring it all out.
Well she pulled it off- it is all done. This is going to be a big change in Nicole's life. She is the first from my family to attend University. We are so proud of her, her grandparents are amazed and her boyfriend Josh is super supportive- she should do a great job and have a fantastic year!
Way to go Nicole !!!
Congrats to Nicole! I am glad that it all worked out. You should be very proud of her!
ReplyDeleteAmazing news! Way to go Nicole!
ReplyDeleteWas wonderng why she heard back so late! Glad she had no problem getting into rez. She's going to love university. It's quite the experience---for both mom and child.
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