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In 1988 Donna Fisher came aboard at ABA to open up a new front. The formerly quiet area of financial accounting had begun to stir, and Fisher brought expertise on the subject. Unlike many other issues, the front lines for hers weren't in Washington, necessarily, but in Connecticut, home of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
Not long afterward, FASB began a push for an accounting philosophy that was initially referred to as "mark-to-market," and, later, as "fair-value accounting." (For the most part, the terms are interchangeable.) Fisher, ABA senior vice-president for tax and accounting, has been handling this controversial issue ever since, initially as ABA's sole accounting specialist and then, as the issues grew broader and deeper, with associates.
Along the way, as financial regulation and accounting policy development took an increasingly international viewpoint, ABA expanded its work to include the Basel regulatory apparatus and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
But 2010 promises to mark a major escalation in the long debate.
While wranglings over fair-value accounting have gone on for years, "the battle will take place this year," says Fisher.
"It's coming to Waterloo," says Mike Gullette, ABA vice-president for accounting and financial management, continuing the military theme. Whose Waterloo, exactly, is not yet clear, adds Gullette [pronounced, "Gull-et"].
The long-running war over mark-to-market accounting—under multiple names—heads for a climax this year. ABA's Mike Gullette and Donna Fisher are on the front lines with accounting policymakers in the U.S. and on the international level.
This issue has never been the only accounting matter in play, and isn't now, but it is certainly the centerpiece. ABA Banking Journal discussed the fair-value-accounting debate and other issues with Fisher and Gullette in late January.
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FASB has set a major push for 2010. "They're wrapping everything up into one package," says Gullette. "It will include what gets mark-to-market treatment; how banks can calculate their loan loss reserves; and how to handle hedge accounting for any derivatives your bank may hold."
"The major item will be FASB's approach on accounting for loans," says Fisher. "How they are recorded on the balance sheet, how loan losses are estimated—it's all up for grabs."
"FASB wants to put loans—or any asset that the bank intends to hold for the long term—on the balance sheet at fair value, something that does not at present exist in GAAP," says Gullette.
ABA has long maintained that mark-to-market accounting doesn't reflect how banks do their traditional business, and believes the goal of transparency is best served when accounting matches an industry's business model. On the other hand, the association has supported marking trading securities to market.
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ABA also supports some accounting changes. Improved treatment for loan loss reserving, for instance, has been a major goal for the association. Overall, a good deal of what's been on the FASB docket for a number of years in regard to financial instruments is being pulled together for accelerated consideration.
Calls for change in loan loss reserve methodologies from the G20 (Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors) have been taken by accounting rulemakers as an opportunity to expedite their accounting proposals on financial instruments, says Fisher.
"FASB wants to resolve the accounting for all financial instruments at the same time," Fisher explains, "while the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is focusing on specific items and proposing them separately."
"A major ABA concern about changes to the accounting for loan loss reserves—expressed to both FASB and to banking regulators—is transition," says Fisher, "especially given the current stage of the credit cycle." Although ABA supports efforts to reduce procyclicality in accounting for loan loss reserves, the timing of changes to loan loss reserve accounting is tricky, says Fisher.
If the industry's standards were shifted from reserving for incurred losses to reserving for losses expected over the entire life of a loan, for instance, banks, in this period, could be accruing more loss. Yet ABA has been calling for change for some time. This was prompted in part by notable cases where institutions were accused of over-reserving, allegedly to "manage" earnings.
"Since then, FASB and the Securities and Exchange Commission seemed to be on a mission to make loan loss reserves more volatile, rather than less volatile," says Fisher. "And so the industry found itself in the midst of a financial crisis wishing it had been able to have some of those reserves."
ABA also hopes that FASB will subject the changes coming for financial instrument accounting to field testing.
"We hope that FASB will allow management to use its knowledge of the business cycle, as well as of individual companies," says Gullette. "This would allow them to use more judgment, as opposed to the rigid analytical approach reserving often consisted of."
There is also concern that however final standards come out, "heaping all of that onto the banking industry at one time—and at this point, even though many agree we ought to be able to recognize more loss—is really terrible timing," says Fisher.
There is also the issue of how reserve standards are applied. Gullette points out that even now much hinges on how audit firms interpret standards and the Securities and Exchange Commission's acceptance of the firms' interpretations.
Gullette says that bankers should look for an exposure draft of the major FASB financial instruments package in the next couple of months, with a three-month comment period likely. It's anticipated that a final standard will be published by yearend. If that schedule is maintained, Gullette believes the new standards will likely be effective in 2012.
Congressional developments
Something ABA hopes will survive in pending financial reform legislation is the proposed Systemic Risk Council's duty to comment on pending accounting issues.
"We think it will be really tough for accounting policymakers to ignore the systemic risk regulator," says Fisher.
Fisher and Gullette offer some advice for bankers taking part in the FASB comment process. It is a different playing field than sending letters to Congress, where sheer numbers count, and form letters by the sack can help turn an issue.
When the right time comes, says Fisher, "sacks and sacks of mail to FASB is what we'll want. But, each will have to be written in the banker's own words. And it will have to be clear that the bankers understand the proposed standard under comment and how it will affect their bank."
This is critical, warns Fisher: "If it's clear that the banks writing don't understand the issue, FASB will just discount what they say. And it will annoy them. We will be working closely with our members to ensure that doesn't happen."
Impact of convergence
FASB and IASB agreed in 2002 on efforts to "converge" accounting standards— "Generally Accepted Accounting Practices" and "International Financial Reporting Standards." Convergence, in this sense, describes cooperation to develop parallel standards, though not necessarily adoption of IFRS. (There would ultimately be one accounting standard that each company would use, no matter where it was based.) Gullette notes that while SEC has set timetable targets for this convergence in a proposed "road map," total convergence is likely some time off.
More than 100 countries permit or require use of IFRS for their domestic companies. Others, like the U.S., embrace convergence. In early December 2009, in an industry speech, SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter said that the agency was still evaluating comments on the proposed road map, and that further action on the road map was anticipated for sometime in 2010.
ABA doesn't object to this in concept, but the application will be in the details. "We have some concerns about how IFRS might be applied in the U.S.," says Fisher. "IASB says that its rules are principles-based, rather than rules-based, as our GAAP is."
Fisher says that a concern is that the SEC, while officially accepting principles-based accounting, will not agree with how it is carried out. "Will SEC be sending comment letters on company financial statements, making institutions restate, because it doesn't agree with numbers? That is the number-one issue," she says.
But a second issue is significant, as well. "In our litigious society, the question is, can we handle principles rather than rules?" says Fisher. "It seems like it could open up the door for litigation. There can be many gray areas that wouldn't be a big deal in other countries, but that would be for us."
In addition, asks Fisher, "what's in it for the small banks?" She explains that large banks may welcome convergence because, having foreign operations already, or foreign investors, they may prefer having comparability to peers. On the other hand, community banks will need to learn an entirely new set of standards.
As a result of these factors, she said, ABA is spending more and more time on IASB matters, and Gullette will be devoting more time to getting to know IASB staff.
"With the stated intentions to converge, FASB certainly takes a very hard look at anything that IASB does, for the sake of attempting to move in a similar direction," says Gullette. But he and Fisher point out that FASB has a much stronger inclination towards fair-value accounting.
Treatment of financial instruments is the critical area for banking institutions. Last fall, IASB issued its amendment to the overall accounting model for which financial instruments are subject to mark-to-market. FASB anticipates finalizing its proposals in a new standard by the end of the third quarter.
"There are certain circumstances where IASB's proposed model might require companies to put some loans or securities that are not now marked to market into that category," says Gullette. "But overall, you see much less mark-to-market thinking in the IASB model than you would see in FASB's pending model," says Gullette.
"IASB seems to be holding steady, but FASB really seems to be pressing the IASB more towards fair value," says Fisher.
Uncoupling RAP from GAAP
In early December, FASB Chairman Robert Herz floated a controversial idea—uncoupling accounting standards for investors, under GAAP, from regulatory accounting, RAP.
Actually, "we've already 'been there, done that,' and no one liked it—including FASB," says Fisher.
"We used to have RAP-GAAP differences," she continues. "At this point the industry would much prefer to keep its books based on GAAP, both for the primary financial statements and the call reports. FASB seems to be ignoring the fact that the banking regulators are huge users of our financial statements."
Where did Herz' point come from then? Fisher theorizes that FASB may be frustrated with having to address not only industry objections to its proposals, but regulatory arguments as well. One example is pronouncements by the G20 after its April 2009 summit, calling for accounting standards setters to avoid procyclical accounting rules, i.e., regarding loan loss reserves.
While FASB clearly wants to have free rein on what the accounting should be, Gullette warns that decoupling would be risky.
"This would get at issues such as, 'What is a loss?' or 'What is the value of this?'," says Gullette. "These are basic issues. If the public became confused, it would undermine confidence in both sets of books, RAP and GAAP."
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Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
Hi chaps.
I'm from the UK and i'd like to pick your brains if i can.
I'm a floor and wall tiler and in our country we have happily laid millions of m2 of flooring on concrete screeds until..
The introduction of Calcium Sulphate, or Anhydrite screeds.
These self levelling Gysum based floors have suddenly appeared on site and are causing lots of problems.
Cement based adhesives react with the gypsum and the floor fails.
No body seems responcible for removing laitance from the screed after a week which slows down the drying tim and gives a weak bond to fix too, and above all, this is my main beef, moisture testing.
It appears we have introduced a product into our country without any real research by our British Standards body, we have standards for everything regarding concrete but very little for these screeds.
So do you guys use these kinds of screeds in the U.S?
If so how do you find them, and as regards to moisture testing, no one can decide which is the best method. BS advise a hood test, for concrete, but after looking at Wagners videos i can understand why this is not the best test. We use a lot of under floor heating systems with these screeds so i was thinking of getting the customer to turn off the heating for at least 48 hours before i test, get to site, turn on the heating briefly, find a clear spot with a thermal imaging gun and drill a probe into the floor.
How does that sound to you?
I am not a surveyer, do you in the States have slab only based qualifications?? This is something i'm interested in getting into as no one is doing this kind of work here.
I look forward to any replies.
CHeers, JB.
RE: Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
I have learned to simply walk away from anything adheared to gypcrete. But do follow the testing guidelines for it we have here. \
The sealers are just as bad if not worse as the ones for concrete because gypcrete can adsorb it more into the top.
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RE: Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
How thick are these screeds?
Are the surfaces usually sound and hard?
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RE: Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
Hiya CC.
The screeds start at 40mm (1 37/64') and up to 65mm (2 9/16'), they change all the time. But i'd guess 50mm (1 31/32') is the average.
The finish depends on the mix and then manufacturer, but usually they are a low laitence mix. Which gets left for the builder or tiler to remove, and not the screeder, so this messes with the drying times!
There are totally conflicting ideas about how to treat these floors, it's crazy!
09-07-2012, 05:36 AM, (This post was last modified: 09-07-2012, 05:44 AM by Rubensgt40.)
RE: Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
Hi Bugs
This probably won't help you much- I think the hood test in the UK is to a different standard to the USA's F2420 (and now also in Oz)- but F2420 is totally useless where there are any surface coverings, curing compounds or densifiers etc. F2420 calls for those to be removed prior to testing. IMO any screed which is dense enough to slow down the drying time would, under the spirit of the standard, equate to those types of coverings. So, to answer your question, yeah, if you're sure you can find a "clear spot" then drill, baby, drill! A surface test would tell you nothing.
The next problem is, if you find high RH at depth, with those screeds on, its going to take a while before its dry.
We allow the hood test in Oz where there are in-slab heating pipes or similar, but would much rather do in-situ probes. How good are your thermal imaging guns and what kind are they ?
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RE: Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
Hi Rubens, nice answer, it helps alot to be honest, it confirms to me that the hood test isn't any good!!!
I'm not a surveyer, but a very concerned tiler with a bee in his bonnet about these screeds, so i have NO survey gear at all to speak of. I used to borrow a hygrometer with a foam hood, but now realise by the very nature of what the U.S seems to say, is that this test is useless on these screeds because of the varying densities, and seeing the Rapid system here, that made total sense to me.
So i thought mmm how do i test these floors by deep probes and thought of using thermal imaging. I saw one used on a faulty electric underfloor heating project, very impressive piece of kit, detecting the heating cables only after a few seconds of being switched on.
So i'll bounce the question back to you, what thermal equipment do you use,i'm guessing we're talking big $'s!!
One last question, to find the the pipes the heating needs to be on. Do you thermal image the floor whilst its running, mark a suitable spot, leave a few days to cool, and then drill where the mark is? My basic knowledge tells me drilling there and then with the heating on will give false readings.
Any help would be great as i'm really getting my teeth into this matter.
RE: Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
Heh, I know nothing about thermal imaging stuff, that's why I asked...
I think this was discussed on another thread somewhere, I'll try and find it. Needless to say, equipment to detect pipes or rebar etc under concrete surface 'aint gonna be cheap...
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RE: Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
You can buy an infared laser thermometer pretty cheap these days. I have used them to find tubes in the floor. Just make sure the floor is cold, then turn it on and you can easily detect where the tubes are located.
This is even reading through a floating vinyl plank I installed.
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RE: Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
Standard procedure in the USA is to never lay over an active radiant heat system. You run it, turn it off, lay the floor, wait, turn it back on.
Also if you ask Wagner nice enough they may share with you some new 'kit' for such gypcrete.
Another thing, here in the USA gypcrete is a brand name, like xerox, you want to be careful about how you use the word. It is 'gypsum based' products. The aforementioned brand, in our experience, always has its own adhesives and most importantly primers to work with their systems. Using those have always been good but all USA flooring people always have instructions to never lay over gypsum based compounds.
RE: Problems in the UK, HELP!!!!
Another device to think about when trying to identify tubing, rebar etc. is the Bosch D-tect 150. As long as the slab is no more than 6" thick, it will find almost anything you need in a slab.
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Saw this review of glues the other day. I am no lab technician that can analyze glue characteristics or break downs of glue. I just know what works and to me, prepping the arrow shaft is paramount.
Bohning glue was said to be on the bottom end of things, low grade for carbon and lower for that of fletching aluminum arrows. Said was Bohning acknowledging a weakness due to resins no longer available. I don't know this for fact and the only way Fact can be accepted is speaking with Bohning, not some write up they had no hand in.
I fletch arrows...carbon arrows. Aluminum is almost a thing of the past when hunting or 3D is the need. Yes, aluminum is good and I've thought of buying some, but still, carbon arrows are the leaders now.
I use Bohning Platinum Fletch-Tite glue for virtually 100% of the shop's and my needs. For the better part of 3 years I fletched something of 1 dozen arrows per week at the shop. No one has chewed my butt. No one has beat me about the head and shoulders. I have not heard complaints coming from other people or shops. If nothing else there are a couple shops and people that are my "best customers." Yep, I've re-done quite a few arrows because of them.
Holding qualities. Now, glue is to hold the fletching on for a good period of time, not fail through normal use. It also should have qualities that go towards the next fletching of. Yep, it has to come off reasonably well, not like steel welded to steel. And I have had some arrows that were a royal pain to scrap glue from. Some glue removal even took off the outter coating of arrows. This is not good.
Along with qualities is what type glue is recommended by vane makers. Most don't claim a certain glue, but qualities desired, if you can understand the technical stuff they have in print. I use Platinum with every brand of vanes, Bohning, AAE, Duravane, Fusions and whatever. Read some complaints of different brands not sticking and Fusions stood out for a while, but I never had any issues other than the base rippling. "They'll fall off!" Well, I've have some that haven't fell off and this going on over a year.
I am not sponsored by Bohning. I'm not cutting down other glues or people who wish to use other glues. What works for you, works.
I may have stated it in some other post, but will give again; I've tested vanes and several in one day and usually real quick. 5 to 7 minutes is enough time to turn for the next vane. I also have been known to shoot arrows right out of the jig, give maybe five minutes through taking the arrow and my bow to the indoor range and selecting what target I want to use. BUT! I don't shoot through targets or cardboard and when pulling the arrow I make sure my hand won't slip to run over freshly glued vanes.
Sudden jars dislodging vanes glued with Platinum? I don't think so.


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Thousands of young adults are ready to complete college degrees, according to a new education study by iLabs, UM-Dearborn's Center for Innovation Research
August 17, 2009
DEARBORN/ Aug. 17, 2009---A new study conducted by the University of Michigan-Dearborn finds there are thousands of young adults (25-34) in Michigan who have some college but no degree who would like to complete their degrees in the near-term, which would help make Michigans workforce more competitive in the new global economy.
This is the first study that examined the overall group of young adults with some college and no degree, rather than targeting specific sample areas within the group. It challenges assumptions about a segment of the group and offers recommendations to remove or lessen the impediments that are keeping them from becoming college graduates.
Michigan has 321,000 young adults who have some college but no degree, the third largest percentage at 25.7 percent in the U.S., trailing only Alaska (28.0) and New Mexico (25.8). In the city of Detroit and surrounding counties of southeast Michigan, 25.3 percent of young adults fit this profile the largest percentage of 25-34 year olds with some college but no degree of any major metropolitan area of the country.
"These are very significant findings that will help us to understand the opportunities and challenges we face in getting young adults with some college and no degree to return to school and complete their education, said Daniel Little, chancellor of UM-Dearborn. Educational institutions and government agencies can play a major role in helping these young people re-engage and complete their education, which positions them to be competitive in the new economy.
Thirty-nine percent of the young adults who have some college but no degree responded that they are likely or very likely to return to college in the next few years. In southeast Michigan, this equates to approximately 57,000 young adults who indicate they are planning to re-enroll in higher education. The study identifies this group using the term stop-outs, who can be targeted by universities and community colleges to complete their degrees.
The findings show that 85 percent of stop-outs have one or more years of college (25 percent have completed more than three years), they are experienced students, and for many, a significant portion of their degree requirements have been completed. This large group differs from the overall assumption that college dropouts have little college level experience and little desire to complete their degrees.
Two key barriers time and money have been identified as the reasons for stop-outs not completing their degrees. The study concludes that universities and community colleges can partner with government agencies and community organizations to work together to create actionable solutions to break down the impediments keeping stop-outs from returning to school. Innovative possibilities might include providing highly flexible offerings in response to time demands, offering weekend and evening courses to provide flexibility, expansion of course offerings, and adjusting academic cycles from the traditional three 16-week semesters per year to have six to eight week-long terms.
We need to be responsive to these young adults and help them re-engage in their educational pursuits so that they can be competitive in todays marketplace, added Little. As we look to the future, there are going to be great opportunities for young people as new technologies and the changing economic landscape create new career paths. We have a responsibility to help these young people realize their full potential, and the best way to do that is to give them the chance to complete their college degrees.
Many in the states workforce of young adults are presently undereducated and unprepared for the realities and challenges of a knowledge-based economy. Young adults without college degrees are less competitive and can expect significantly reduced income levels, when compared to college graduates. Historically, their unemployment rate is nearly twice that of college graduates. They can anticipate an average annual salary that is only two-thirds that of college graduates.
Nationally, the study found there are 8.4 million young adults who have some college experience but have not completed their college degrees. The number translates to 21 percent of 25-34 year olds. Helping this group to complete their degrees would not only benefit them individually, it would have a positive impact on the economy.
The study was conducted by iLabs, the UM-Dearborns Center for Innovation Research, as part of a U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Innovation and Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grant on behalf of the Talent Team Committee, a dynamic and diverse group of college administrators, faculty members, nonprofit leaders, and state government officials led by UM-Dearborn Chancellor Daniel Little and Eleanor Josaitis, co-founder of Focus Hope, in cooperation with the Detroit Regional Chamber.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Tom Baird
The Office of University Relations
Room 1040, Administration Building
University of Michigan-Dearborn


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American Legion Post No 168
WHEN: 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month
WHERE: Father Connors Hall, 220 N. Salado Ave.
COST: Yearly dues are $30 per person.
INFO: American Legion, 690-7222 or elijahbhayespost168.wordpress.com
Officers who serve with Commander Amy Hussar are:
Salvador Mayoral III: first vice-commander
Michael Anderson: adjutant and past commander
Mel Clemmer: finance
Robert Slater: chaplain
Keith Hussar: sergeant-at-arms
Vernon Snodderly: historian
Amy Hussar was installed the new commander of the Elijah B. Hayes American Legion Post No.168 — the first woman to hold that office — at the groups' monthly meeting on June 12 at Father Connors Hall. Hussar is also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit No.168 and is a dual member in her own right and as a military spouse.
Hussar joined the Army reserve in 1997 after she finished her sophomore year at college. She had attended Albion College in Michigan for two years. After she returned from advanced military training, she enrolled at Western Michigan University for their ROTC program from January 1998 to December 2000. She graduated from Western Michigan University in 2001 with a degree in criminal justice. During her time in the reserves, she was a medical supply specialist from the winter of 1997 to the summer of 1998 with the 484th Medical Detachment in Kalamazoo, Mich. There, she was in charge of inventory and management, which includes receiving, storing and ordering supplies and maintaining records in stock. From July 2001, after college graduation, to Jan. 2003 she was medical supply specialist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C.
During that time, she met her husband, Keith Hussar and the couple moved to Califnoria in 2006 when KEith started a job at the Tracy Defense Depot. After living in variious cities the family moved to Patterson in 2010.
"We are both small town people," Hussar said of living in Patterson. "The other cities around here are too big for us."
Hussar, a native of Marquette, Mich., keeps active as a tutor and a substitute teacher in the Tracy and Turlock Unified School Districts. Hussar has also served since 2011 on the Patterson Joint Unified School District board of trustees, and is currently the board's vice-president. She is also the new president of the local MOMS Club, a support group of stay- at-home-moms.
Hussar said keeping the Legion active and reaching out to local middle age veterans is a challenge because there are many competing interests. Local vets can attend meetings even if they are not members. The Legion will host local card and board games at a later date as well.
The local post is also partnering with the schools for citizenship education, presenting school awards to the winner at each school for overall citizenship. Though the Legion has not yet started the school awards program or the Oratorical Contest, they plan to begin as soon as possible and have pinpointed it as an item of interest this year depending on the group's "manpower."
The Legion members have been busy lately, and came away with a trophy and $200 for their Most Inspirational Float in the Apricot Fiesta parade at the beginning of June. They also took part in the dedication of Veterans' Park downtown on June 15.
Next up, the members are going to be at Patterson's Back to School Block Party on Saturday, Aug 10, in the North Park. They will staff a booth, telling about legion activities and providing info on starting up Sons of the Legion Squadron — male descendents of veterans who perform community service.
Contact Maddy Houk at 892-6187, ext. 22, or email@example.com.


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High School Graduation Gift Ideas
They�re putting their high school years behind them and donning their caps and gowns for graduation. If you know a teen getting ready for this big day you�re probably starting to think about a graduation gift.
Graduation Gifts for Teen Girls
Treat the teen to a lovely piece of jewelry commemorating her high school graduation. A beautiful necklace or bracelet with a saying to inspire her. Or choose a piece that can be engraved with your own message. Would the grad like to extend her language skills or learn a new one? Get her a set of interactive foreign language software. C�est tr�s cool.
Graduation Gifts for Teen Boys
Congratulate the graduate with a traditional pen and pencil set engraved with his name and graduation date. No matter how digital we get, having a fashionable pen or pencil is always a mark of style. Or help the teen leave high school behind and get dapper for adulthood by buying him a trendy groomer kit.
College Bound
Many teens will be heading off to college and moving into a dorm room which can be noisy. A pair of noise-cancelling headphones could make studying easier. Consider a bedside caddy to keep important papers, magazines and other personal items from getting mixed up with any roommate�s things. And that ever dependable alarm called mom and dad probably won�t be around to wake the teen anymore, so a cool alarm clock will help get them to class on time.
Reward the teen who is graduating high school with a special gift in recognition of all their hard work.