It has been 11 days

Since my last post on my blog. Both a lot and nothing has happened during that time.

As was indicated on a previous post, C got accepted to the North Carolina School of Science and Math. Yesterday, we went for placement testing, scheduling and orientation. The dorm rooms are normal college size, meaning not very big. Each hall has community bathrooms/showers for about 30 girls or boys. Some rooms are singles, some are doubles and some are even triples.

The facilities are pretty typical of a college campus. The class rooms have the standard desks with white boards instead of the chalk boards to which I was accustom. The buildings condition is pretty good considering many are 100 years old. There is a great athletic facility for the students to use.

The whole campus is wireless, but with many popular sites blocked most of the time. MySpace, Facebook, and a couple of other social networking sites and the usual unsavory (IMO) are among those blocked. Access to the web is limited after midnight until 6:30AM, but AIM is live all night.

All classes take attendance and there is a demerit system if you miss too many. Likewise for missing curfew and check-in time. Much was stressed about safety, given the recent issues ate Virginia Tech. NCSSM has already begun the bidding process for a building and grounds monitoring system of cameras, and all buildings can be locked down from a central location if necessary.

Next year, C will be taking, Physics 1 and 2, Chemistry 1 and 2, Biology 1 and 2, Forensics, Calculus 1 and 2, Spanish 1,2 and 3 and American History (contains both History and English). Given the demands of the courses, she will be busy.