You gotta be KIDDING moments

I've had so many of these lately…

(1) When Hurley 'took control' of his problem with food and destroyed all the food he'd been hoarding, at Libby's urging. Okay, these folks are on a fucking ISLAND. Even with these rations they happened upon, they might be on the island for 20 years. Hurley should be drawn and quartered for squandering the only non-indigent food supply they have to count on. PLUS, he destroyed all that food he couldn't resist before new rations were dropped on the island. He had NO idea the existing rations weren't limited to what was down in the hatch.

(2) On The O.C., when every single one of them got their "college acceptance" letters on the exact same day. Uh, that does NOT happen. Nor does every college have their new students visiting day on the same day. Nor would a bunch of privileged private school kids all have applied to only one school each. My dad was furious with me when I only applied to four schools.

(3) Oh no, Lorelai and Luke might not get married?!? Hello, this couple has not had any heat between them all season long. It's insane. As writers, wouldn't you think, "hey, they're an engaged couple, maybe they should hug or smile at each other or something??" Ditto to both O.C. teenage couples. All the chemistry and heat just went away completely. So bizarre.

I thought the same thing about Hurley…

I also wonder why people don't tell each other things. Like, when Michael came back and said that the others were simple people with beards. Why didn't Kate say "OH NO THEY'RE NOT! I saw the freakin' costumes!"

Makes no sense to me.

Also, every single thing that happens on 24.

Originally posted by Bags:
(2) On The O.C., when every single one of them got their "college acceptance" letters on the exact same day. Uh, that does NOT happen. Nor does every college have their new students visiting day on the same day. Nor would a bunch of privileged private school kids all have applied to only one school each. My dad was furious with me when I only applied to four schools.

Actually, in the past two or three-ish years, now most people do find out on the same day because so much is done on the Internet. Certain schools have it pinpointed down to the minute when their decisions will be posted online, just to make it that much more nervewracking.

But one school IS completely unheard of these days, so much of it is so arbitrary now that you have to apply all over the place to make sure you have SOMEWHERE to go. I've narrowed my list for next year down to eight-ish schools (but hopefully will get into my ED school– are any of YOU Brown alumni who want to adopt me into your family for legacy status? And no, I don't want to go there because Summer is. . ), but am still searching for a school that I'll love that I have a pretty definite spot at. I have straight As and high board scores and have done everything right, but I haven't written a book, or saved starving children in Africa or won an Emmy, so my 12 years of hard work at my education is going to have to carry me, and unfortunately now, its just not good enough to promise anyone anything because so many people have the same qualifications.

Sorry for that, most of you are WAY WAY past this in your life, but I know Betty feels me on this. The pressure on teenagers in school right now, especially at our hyper-competitive-they-might-as-well-be-private public Bethesda high schools is just absurd.

Michael made that comment to Jack, I think. Was Kate around?

Originally posted by K8teebug:
I thought the same thing about Hurley…

I also wonder why people don't tell each other things. Like, when Michael came back and said that the others were simple people with beards. Why didn't Kate say "OH NO THEY'RE NOT! I saw the freakin' costumes!"

Makes no sense to me.

Originally posted by Graace:

Sorry for that, most of you are WAY WAY past this in your life, but I know Betty feels me on this. The pressure on teenagers in school right now, especially at our hyper-competitive-they-might-as-well-be-private public Bethesda high schools is just absurd.

Yeah things were way easier for us…back when I was in school they just herded us into the gym and dropped acceptance letters from the top row of the bleachers.

Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:

Originally posted by Graace:

Sorry for that, most of you are WAY WAY past this in your life, but I know Betty feels me on this. The pressure on teenagers in school right now, especially at our hyper-competitive-they-might-as-well-be-private public Bethesda high schools is just absurd.

Yeah things were way easier for us…back when I was in school they just herded us into the gym and dropped acceptance letters from the top row of the bleachers.

I'm definitely not saying that it wasn't hard to get into college earlier, at all. I'm just saying that in the educational climate of my high school, every event from the beginning of freshman year is focused on college, and if you don't go (or have no DESIRE to go) to an Ivy or MIT or some highly selective northeastern liberal arts college with a 5% acceptance rate, something is WRONG with your

hmmm. . i only applied to 2 schools, and got into both of them.

I flunked out of college. I'm in the top income decile in the U.S.

btw - no schools have acceptance rates of 5%

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/lowacc_brief.php

There's always the military.

Originally posted by Graace:

Originally posted by Bags:
(2) On The O.C., when every single one of them got their "college acceptance" letters on the exact same day. Uh, that does NOT happen. Nor does every college have their new students visiting day on the same day. Nor would a bunch of privileged private school kids all have applied to only one school each. My dad was furious with me when I only applied to four schools.

Actually, in the past two or three-ish years, now most people do find out on the same day because so much is done on the Internet. Certain schools have it pinpointed down to the minute when their decisions will be posted online, just to make it that much more nervewracking.

But one school IS completely unheard of these days, so much of it is so arbitrary now that you have to apply all over the place to make sure you have SOMEWHERE to go. I've narrowed my list for next year down to eight-ish schools (but hopefully will get into my ED school– are any of YOU Brown alumni who want to adopt me into your family for legacy status? And no, I don't want to go there because Summer is. . ), but am still searching for a school that I'll love that I have a pretty definite spot at. I have straight As and high board scores and have done everything right, but I haven't written a book, or saved starving children in Africa or won an Emmy, so my 12 years of hard work at my education is going to have to carry me, and unfortunately now, its just not good enough to promise anyone anything because so many people have the same qualifications.

Sorry for that, most of you are WAY WAY past this in your life, but I know Betty feels me on this. The pressure on teenagers in school right now, especially at our hyper-competitive-they-might-as-well-be-private public Bethesda high schools is just absurd.

Oh yes. We both want to go to Brown. And I'm freaked out too, because only 4 out of 40 who applied to Brown from my school got in there this year. And part of Brown being the new "it" school has a lot to do with the OC. Unforutnately for me, I've been wanting to go to Brown since age 10, when I found out about their partnership with RISD. It's one of about three schools where I can make my parents happy by applying my good grades, and make myself happy by getting a Fashion/Merchandising education. Stupid television.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I flunked out of college.

Well we have something in common then!

And really, working at Burger King isn't ALL that bad.

oh, and i forgot to add that it's 20x harder by default for anyone coming from Bethesda. trust me.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

btw - no schools have acceptance rates of 5%

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/lowacc_brief.php

I'm aware. It was hyperbole to demonstrate exactly how absurd the expectations are.

Damn…I mean education is important and all…I'd venture to say it's very important.

But you kids need to lighten up a little. Seriously. Spend your whole life trying to keep up with the Jones's and the Browns and all this competition will make you successful maybe, but what about being happy and living a little?

I'm having a "you gotta be kidding me" moment reading this thread.

Originally posted by nkotb:
I'm having a "you gotta be kidding me" moment reading this thread.

exactly

NVCC was my safety school.

Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
Damn…I mean education is important and all…I'd venture to say it's very important.

But you kids need to lighten up a little. Seriously. Spend your whole life trying to keep up with the Jones's and the Browns and all this competition will make you successful maybe, but what about being happy and living a little?

happiness? what? i've never heard that word before.

Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
Damn…I mean education is important and all…I'd venture to say it's very important.

But you kids need to lighten up a little. Seriously. Spend your whole life trying to keep up with the Jones's and the the Browns and all this competition will make you successful maybe, but what about being happy and living a little?

Most of the appeal of these schools for me is their ability to nourish intellectual growth, not the fact that they're going to make me monetarily successful in life. I mean, I'm probably going to end up with an English degree or something equally useless, but at least I'll (hopefully) have been challenged and my mind (hopefully) will have been stretched to get there.

The stress is there, and there's no escaping, I may as well embrace it and try to do the best that I can.