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I'm going to assume it's an art school within a larger college, and she's essentially a dual enrollment student. Not all that uncommon, although more so for academics than art,and DE does generally require permission of the department if it's not one of the set classes on the list.

Please tell me most college students are more mature and less middle school than these seem... And for that matter, please tell me most college dance team coaches are more mature and stay out of rivalries and don't have such obvious favorites? Seriously, my 12 yr old's middle school cheer team has less drama... Also, why would you only have half the girls dance for halftime, etc? They aren't being judged, and performing in front of the audience is a set of skills that cannot be practiced just in the studio. Cutting for competition I can see, but you can easily fit 40 dancers on a basketball court or football field!

Still have the soundtrack :)

I would really like to see someone from the US National cheer team do the ANW course. The girls would probably be too short (the gymnast problem), but the guys are pretty impressive, and maybe it would help gain recognition as the sport fights for Olympic recognition (and NCAA recognition, for that matter).

We're flying to Reno so my DD can do a specific program (which is why flying to Maine for a specific camp is not surprising to me. I can imagine that camps designed for kids at JJ's level of physical needs are relatively rare. I know several for kids with other special needs, but usually they're focused on kids who need minimal physical assistance.) We've done our family vacation there for the last 2 years. This is the last year for her to do the week long program. The teens go for 3 weeks, which is a bit long for DH and I to stay there for our vacation.

Can we get Caity Lotz, too? Canary and Green Arrow would make a pretty awesome ninja team!

You mean the folks who advertise on AMC (at least on demand). Seriously, I think they're advertising to Jimmy McGill's Elder law demographic.

I don't know anything about angina, but sometimes capsules are used with the intent that they be opened, and a powder dropped on the tongue or under it dissolves fast (or is sometimes used if the drug is to be taken with food-especially for children or animals-in that case, the drug is mixed with spoonful of something that the patient will readily eat).

The Girl Scout council here has a one week special needs camp that utilizes a lot of volunteers (senior Girl Scouts, college students, high school kids who need service hours, state scholarship recipients). They also hire paid staff who are experienced working with disabilities. My head canon is that Kenneth found the camp, signed up as either a volunteer or as paid staff, and then suggested it to J.J.

Aren't Colonel and Captain equivalent ranks, with Colonel being land forces and Captain sea ones? That kind of took me out of the moment when Grant acknowledged Sara.

Sara defaulting to planning to kill Darhk makes sense to me. She's a trained assassin, and while she has tried to leave that life behind, we've seen her choose to return to it when times get tough. Since it's now canon in the CW DCU that Laurel was the most perfect, inspirational snowflake that ever lived, and Sara can't go back to a LOA that no longer exists, it makes sense to me that she would retreat to planning an assassination. And, well, Nyssa is pretty closely associated with the LOA for Sara, too-so it also kind of makes sense to be that she'll replace that side of the LOA with whoever is handy, too. I really, really want them to bring over Nyssa. And if they can pick up Katana on the way, I won't mind that, either.

I don't understand why Kayla's mom was objecting to her taking classes with Torrey. Not only does he know his stuff, but even if he hadn't explicitly said that she could take classes for free, she probably could have done so at a deeply discounted rate because they're both Dollhouse employees. That's not minor for a college student teaching dance part-time. I do wonder what she's majoring in. If she were majoring in dance, she'd probably be dancing several hours a day. I assume she's had Ballet in the past, but dropped it to work on Hip-hop.

I really liked the coach swap. It let us see more girls. I appreciate Tyrus going with girls who we don't see every week for the same reason. I do agree that it seems like the Elite Stars may not have as many levels/developmental teams as the Dancing dolls do. And maybe they're a younger (as in years under the same coach) team overall, as well as possibly in age.

The senior projects seem to be equivalent to Boy Scout Eagle or Girl Scout gold awards-major undertakings coordinated by the scout/student that will make a lasting impact/change. IOW, a big deal, but not something out of the realm of possibility for teens-although I suspect Anchor Beach sees a lot of transfers out for senior year, because that's a hard enough year with college applications, etc. Most scouts I know try to have their Eagle/Gold projects done before senior year for that reason (and so they can put it on the college/scholarship applications as awarded). I have this feeling that Diamond is going to be the next big project.

For some reason, the Surprise party episode didn't appear on demand until this week's did. Anyway, I love the way this show is going into the sibling dynamics so well. I have been in the position of being the oldest with CP and having my parents tell my brother to keep an eye on me. That really is a frustrating position, even when you know it is only the logical thing to do (let's face it, you don't leave the person with the uncontrolled seizure disorder in charge of making sure everyone gets to school on time when the next sibling can drive). Dylan rings true as well-she has to be the "normal" one, the strong one. My husband comes from a family with two of four children having significant disabilities, and, to make things worse, his father split. DH was basically Ray-academically focused, school was his outlet, got a lot of scholarships to go to specialized summer programs, and camps, etc. His youngest sister was Dylan-the normal one. The one who didn't rock the boat, was always there, and was stable.

I loved seeing independent JJ, and I truly hope the show lasts long enough for him to transition to college. I also remember being in JJ's position-when my parents made comments to my younger brother to keep an eye on me, even if it was warranted, and how that rankled.

Mini, it's not all about your kid. If I were the coach, I would bench her.

I would love to see more of the TimeMum and her group of little roughnecks. I have a feeling YoungMick is probably the least problematic...

I think that having the B squad do a stand battle in competition was a good choice. If you never get to perform and never get to compete, it's hard to improve. And it doesn't hurt the A squad to applaud and cheer their teammates, either.

I think I could walk into any high school choir and find better singers. And far more than that if I went to any of the three fine and performing arts magnet programs in the city. I have been avoiding posting because it seems like Lifetime had appended the first episode to every single on-demand show they have, so I wasn't sure when it was actually coming on for real.

THe kindle version of Struck by lightning is currently on sale at Amazon.

I have a friend who reminds me of Becca. She has multiple kids with LD issues. When she is really struggling with a topic, she'll sometimes call me to see if I can help, and, while her teen is working with me on fractions and my 12 yr old is helping her 7 yr old with reading, she'll vanish and start cleaning my house. At first I found it kind of insulting-like I wasn't doing enough to live up to her standards, but over time, I realized that for her, cleaning and organizing is something she can control. Her daughter being unable to get past pre-Algebra due to dyscalculia and dyslexia is not, and her son showing significant signs of having similar learning disabilities also is not. Sometimes, she needs to take control of something-but still know her kids aren't suffering. I also know parents who look put together, but do have a cleaning service come in or a nanny for their kids after school, and that makes a big difference.

If she's a RMT, she has a Bachelor's plus at least a 6 month internship. Even if she's in her first job, unless she's a music therapy student doing a practicum, she's another girl who is too old for Brandon. Having said that, music therapy students usually do start doing practicums by about sophomore year, and she could be a teen volunteer who is interested in the field. It really is a fascinating area of study.

Dp they get funding specifically to serve the Deaf community? My parents are involved with an REU for chemistry undergrads that also trains interpreters, and their funding requires that at least 50% of the students be legally classified as hearing impaired.

I agree that 2 subplots would be enough-have the parents at the oscar party struggling with insecurity and Kenneth's inclusive trivia group. I wish they would mention that Kenneth had a disabled sibling or something. He has that easy acceptance and understanding that comes from deep, long-term contact. (And I agree-Cedric Yarborough for "Best Supporting Actor". ) As a homeschooling mom of a special needs kid, the parent group ran true to me. There are Moms who react by being hyper organized and put together, and Moms who focus on their kids to the exclusion of everything else. And both groups feel inferior to the other side-with the Moms who focus on their kids and meeting their child's needs wishing their house wasn't quite so chaotic, and the moms who keep their house going feeling like they're not doing enough educationally. And yes, the Dads are usually waiting to be told what to do.