newton's the goats journal

[newton the goat]

Is that the only school on your list ? What corses can you take to balance off the grades if that was the reason. Start applying elsewhere. .

It was the school i had my heart set on. Not only were the classes and professeurs amazing but it was actually withing my price range of affordability with a bit to spare. Maybe ill try and get a job at white spot in BC and take their red seal chef training . Its not like im optionless i guess you can just say i was a bit disapointed and disheartened

 

[Baymule]

Sure you are let down, but look on the bright side. YOU GOT US!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

That's understandable...you could always write them a letter stating your reason of why going to that particular school ment so much to you .and ask them what you can do to improve your qualifications for acceptance.. Nonthing to loose by trying if that is still what you want to do.

 

[newton the goat]

Sure you are let down, but look on the bright side. YOU GOT US!

Your right on that @Baymule im already ahead because i have great friends and support even if its from the sidelines! You guys are honestly all amazing people and i feel like i dont tell you enough

That's understandable...you could always write them a letter stating your reason of why going to that particular school ment so much to you .and ask them what you can do to improve your qualifications for acceptance.. Nonthing to loose by trying if that is still what you want to do.

Ill deffinitly ask them.. but i guess this whole situation made me realize i was going to school for my familys sake. They all encouraged me and i guess i followed what they said due to their high expectations. Sure im disapointed but i really should be more disapointed than i am... and yet suprisingly enough im not im sad i didnt get in but i feel like i really should have been feeling worse though im glad i dont. So maybe ill travel a bit. Ive always wanted to go to scotland and england to see where my family is from. Maybe ill get some inspiration? Im turning 20 next month... i cant let life get me down yet.. with all ive been through not getting into the school i wanted is considered miniscule. Ive faced worse so ill deffinitly put this in my book of lessons learned.

 

[Bruce]

OK, so a couple of nights ago I got lost in YouTube (yeah I know, I'm the only one that ever did). Xxxx's got talent stuff, one leads to another, many really talented people out there. One female singer on Britain's Got Talent was so nervous and lacking confidence it looked like she wouldn't even be able to start. I wondered how she got through the pre show auditions. She started slow, she was amazing, she captured the audience and the judges, including Simon Cowells. OK, that isn't horribly unusual but I looked her up to see if she went anywhere and found that she was on "The Voice" the week before having applied and been accepted to both. She looked pretty confident there and they SKEWERED her. After that ripping it was no surprise that she walked onto the BGT stage super nervous. But she persevered.

And then there is DD1. With a permanent migraine so bad starting at 14, she had to do her last year of high school at home as pass/fail. That was in 2011. Spent the next 5 years mostly at home. But they came out with a drug that helped with the episodic headaches she would get on top of the 24x7 headache. She signed up for 1 course at the community college to see if she could do it, to see if she could now do work on someone else's schedule. 2 courses the next semester. A new drug specifically for migraine came out last summer and she got on that. She was already signed up for 4 courses last semester. She had also started looking at universities that had the majors she is interested in maybe for winter semester or next fall. Hardly a typical student at 25 without even a full high school transcript (but with a HS diploma), No SAT/ACT tests (*), no work or military history to explain the "education break", just a serious disability (**). After visiting some schools she applied only to Mt. Allison in New Brunswick, it is the top ranked undergrad liberal arts university in Canada. She stopped looking at schools once we visited last summer. I'm sure her 4.0 average for the community college courses didn't hurt but she explained her history and even with her "spotty" educational background they accepted her with only the first 3 CC courses completed. We dropped her off on Jan 5th.

You have a varied history, a history of perseverance and stretching, how many of your friends tried to break into the "man's world" as a butcher? Tell prospective schools about YOU, not just your High School transcript. And yes, I think it would be very interesting for you to find out why the school rejected your application. They might see more than they had originally and if nothing else will give you something to work from. Go for what you want, what will make you happy. Making your family happy is secondary.

* which are pretty mandatory in the US which is 1 reason she looked at Canadian schools, they don't care much about standardized tests.
** that Social Security does not recognize.


How is the little lamb this morning? I'm hoping for the best.

 

[Baymule]

If I was 20 years old with no attachments I would join WWOOF and go have myself a great time. WWOOF is a organization whereby volunteers go stay on a farm and help. Help with harvest, building structures, planting, animals, or whatever the host family needs. It is unpaid, but you get room and board. Generally the arrangement is for several weeks, if it is not working out, you are free to leave. If it is working out, you can stay longer. You pay your own expenses as far as travel, getting there and making short day trips to see the sights is on you. You are expected to work several hours a day, sometimes longer, depending on what is needed. The rest of the time you are free to go explore and see the sights.

If you want to go to England and Scotland, maybe you could go stay with our very own @Sheepshape in Wales and help with lambing? Or maybe you could travel the USA and stay with BYH members and work on farms and get to know the people, area and what is out there. Maybe you could farm hop across the USA from one BYH member to another, maybe just an overnight visit, maybe stay a week or longer. It would be fun and an experience of a lifetime. When you need money to continue your travels, get a waitress or fast food job for a short time to replenish your traveling money.

Let us be the first to invite you to our farm. We have a spare bedroom you could stay in, we would feed you well, we could work on the farm some days and we would love to show you around east Texas and see the sights. There is a Tiger Sanctuary close by, an alligator farm less than 30 miles away. We could take a day and go to Fort Worth to Cowtown where they reenact a Longhorn drive through the middle of town every day. We could do projects here on our farm, work hard some days and go play some days. It would be fun. You could get a job in town and replenish your cash stash to continue your travels.

So jump in your car, start farm hopping and head this way. Who else wants to be a host family? You could possibly start close to home and make a wide swing through the country, I KNOW you will swing up the east coast to stay with @Bruce and family, but be sure and come here first! Haha! You could start a thread, lets call it Newton the Goat's Farm Hopping Journal to chronical your adventures, with pictures of course.

God Bless you and have a great day! Your room is waiting on you!

WWOOF-USA

https://wwoofusa.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1bDll8uQ4AIV1iCtBh1ZogkREAAYASAAEgLKNfD_BwE

WWOOF-INTERNATIONAL

https://wwoofinternational.org/

 

[newton the goat]

@Bruce the lamb is hypothermic this morning. When i first measured his temp he was at 85.4F and anything below 100F is considered hypothermic so ive spent the last hour with a bottle of powdered colostrum and a blow dryer warming him up. He is currently at 93.7 which is an improvement.

Thank youfor the inspiring story not only about the singer but your daughter as well!
And OMG @Baymule i could do that next year!!! Work all of this year and get some money saved and get my ten year pasport then just travel and visit people!!!

 

[newton the goat]

He is so weak it breaks my heart. I wanted to step in sooner and i really think i should have .... i should have followed my gut on this one...

 

[newton the goat]

I finally got him to suckle a bit!!!he doesnt have much energry but ive been letting him have little breaks where ill run the blow dryer on him. He is slowly getting stronger so thank god for that. My little warrior

I have a little makeshift heat bubble using my qinter jacket with the help of little blasts from the hair dryer to add heat. He loves it so far

 

[newton the goat]

He has taken to yelling at me now everytime i go to feed him guess that means hes feeling better?