長男は1年留年したけれど、理工系なので今年中には研究室の希望を出すことに。
彼のいるところは成績ではなく、面接で決まるそうで、じゃあ早めに気になるところを見に行きなよと前から行っており(私が)、彼の学科には私の大学時代の仲良しが教授をしているのでまずそこに行こうと決めたようでした。
一昨日行ったら、1対1でいろいろ話して教えてくれたとのこと。
私の友達からしたら、長男のことは本当に生まれたときから知っている(生まれた病院が職場に近かったから物珍しくて見に来た、当時まだ子供がいる同級生は少なかったから)のでね。
話した後、友達からも長男からもそれぞれメッセージがきて、2人とも喜んでました。
友達は長男が大きくなったなぁと思ったようで、15年前のみんなで集まったときの写真(ガキ丸出しの長男も写ってる)を引っ張り出してきてました。
長男が留年したときも、たまたま私がその友達と会ってたので「留年したらしい、がっかり」と言ったら、「成績の悪かった教科は全部取り直しをして点数を上げた方がいい」とアドバイスをくれて、長男は2度目の１年生のときに、ほぼ全て取り直し、だいぶGPAを回復したのでした。
長男はそのことに恩義を感じているようです。
2人で留学の話をたくさんしたそうで、長男はすっかり留学に行く気満々に。
親以外の人に言われると響くわけだから、常に刺激をもらい続けてほしいな。
翌日学科のガイダンスに行ったら、友達が学科長であることも判明。
長男的にはいいことばかりでした。
私はその学科に年に1時間だけ講義もするので、みんなで持ちつ持たれつ。笑
次男は留年もしていないし、研究室への配属が早いのですでに配属されてるんだけど、のんびりしてるな、大丈夫なのかな。
教授が吹奏楽団の後輩のお父さんだから、とても関係は良好らしい。
長男も次男もこの手の運にはまじで恵まれてるわ。
その次男。
骨折はかなりよくなり。
昨日はだいぶ前に予約した矯正歯科に行きました。
長男は歯並びがきれいだけど、同じ顔でも次男は少しガタガタ。
噛み合わせが大きくずれたりしていないので、比較的治しやすいらしいです。
費用も算出してくれて、あとはやるかどうかを決めるのみ。
やっぱりやった方がいいと思うんだよね。
話し合おうと思います。
My first son stayed one year but since he is in science and engineering, he will decide to submit his lab request this year.
He said that his department decide by interview, not by grades, so I had told him to go early to see some laboratories he is interested in and he decided to go to a laboratory first which is managed by a good friend of mine from college who is a professor.
He went there the day before yesterday and talked with my friend one on one.
From my friend's point of view, he’s known my first son since he was born (the hospital where he was born was close to my friend’s work, so he came to see my twin boys because there were not many classmates who still had children at that time).
After they talked, I got a message from my friend and from my first son respectively and they were both happy.
My friend seemed to think that my first son had grown up and pulled out a picture of us all getting together 15 years ago (including my eldest son, who was still a little kid in the picture).
When my first son stared a year in school, I happened to meet my friend and told him that I was disappointed that my son stayed in school, and he advised me to take back all the subjects in which he did poorly and raise his score. My son recovered his GPA.
Therefore he feels indebted to my friend for that.
They talked a lot about studying abroad together and my first son is completely ready to go.
I hope he continues to be constantly stimulated by what people other than his parents say to him, because it resonates with him.
The next day, he went to the guidance of the department and found out that my friend is the head of the department.
It was all good from my first son's point of view.
I also give a one-hour lecture a year to that department, so we all have each other.
My second son hasn't stayed in school and is already assigned to a lab because it's implemented the early assessment but he's so laid back, I wonder if he's going to be okay.
His professor is the father of a junior in the brass band where he was a part leader so I hear they have a very good relationship.
Both my first and second sons are seriously lucky with this kind of thing.
That second son.
The fracture of his arm is much better.
Yesterday he went to the orthodontist who made an appointment long ago.
My first son has beautifully aligned teeth but my second son is a little rattled, even though they have the same faces.
He was said it is relatively easy to fix since his bite is not greatly misaligned or anything.
His orthodontist calculated the cost and now we just have to decide whether to do it or not.
I still think we should do it.
I will discuss it with him.