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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 335074" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>College is hard. Some classes, and profs, are hateful. It is the first time you have to navigate the world as an adult where people treat you sort of like an adult. More than in high school. You also have to learn that you still have to do the work if you don't like the teacher/boss. </p><p></p><p>One thing that MAY help motivate her is to tell her that if she goes below full time status she loses insurance and will have to pay cobra out of her own pocket. ALL of it. Even if you plan to bail her out on this, let her at least for now think she will have to pay it. It will probably several hundred dollars a month (your HR person should know the exact amount). It kept me in class for some really REALLY boring classes. </p><p></p><p>For next semester she may want to look into a study skills class. I took one designed for jocks but taught out of the education college. We spent an entire semester learning how to study. It was an elective and a very easy A. I only got a B in it because the attendance. I was suffering from extreme migraines that semester and even with documentation of every absence the dean still said my grade had to be a B. I had scored 100% on every test and exam except the final. I got a 98% on that because I had a migraine at the time. It really was easy and it had a long term effect. My later grades were very good because I knew HOW to study. I didn't need to in high school and I had a really hard time in college because I had no clue how to study effectively.</p><p></p><p>For example, I was on a lot of medication at the time (had these health issues even then). I would try to be off of them for the test so I could "think clearly" even though I was on the medications when I studied. Knowledge of how memory and the brain function says that actually I should be taking the medications during testing if I was taking them when I studied. Medications CAN change how things are stored in memory. It isn't as simple as if you learn it then you can recall it. Things can affect HOW it is stored in memory and if those things change then you are less able to recall it.</p><p></p><p>My parents still laugh at this thought. Or they did until my mom started taking medications for ADHD. Things she knows but learned while on the medications are just not there in her brain if the medications have worn off. She thinks it is just because her brain is foggy when not on the medications. But it is clear that she truly cannot recall them with-o the medications. Not even with the memory tricks that got her through three college degrees.</p><p></p><p>So there is a LOT to learn about how to learn. Maybe a class like this would help her with the boring classes. I know it helped me.</p><p></p><p>I hope the plan works well for her. It is always good to have a plan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 335074, member: 1233"] College is hard. Some classes, and profs, are hateful. It is the first time you have to navigate the world as an adult where people treat you sort of like an adult. More than in high school. You also have to learn that you still have to do the work if you don't like the teacher/boss. One thing that MAY help motivate her is to tell her that if she goes below full time status she loses insurance and will have to pay cobra out of her own pocket. ALL of it. Even if you plan to bail her out on this, let her at least for now think she will have to pay it. It will probably several hundred dollars a month (your HR person should know the exact amount). It kept me in class for some really REALLY boring classes. For next semester she may want to look into a study skills class. I took one designed for jocks but taught out of the education college. We spent an entire semester learning how to study. It was an elective and a very easy A. I only got a B in it because the attendance. I was suffering from extreme migraines that semester and even with documentation of every absence the dean still said my grade had to be a B. I had scored 100% on every test and exam except the final. I got a 98% on that because I had a migraine at the time. It really was easy and it had a long term effect. My later grades were very good because I knew HOW to study. I didn't need to in high school and I had a really hard time in college because I had no clue how to study effectively. For example, I was on a lot of medication at the time (had these health issues even then). I would try to be off of them for the test so I could "think clearly" even though I was on the medications when I studied. Knowledge of how memory and the brain function says that actually I should be taking the medications during testing if I was taking them when I studied. Medications CAN change how things are stored in memory. It isn't as simple as if you learn it then you can recall it. Things can affect HOW it is stored in memory and if those things change then you are less able to recall it. My parents still laugh at this thought. Or they did until my mom started taking medications for ADHD. Things she knows but learned while on the medications are just not there in her brain if the medications have worn off. She thinks it is just because her brain is foggy when not on the medications. But it is clear that she truly cannot recall them with-o the medications. Not even with the memory tricks that got her through three college degrees. So there is a LOT to learn about how to learn. Maybe a class like this would help her with the boring classes. I know it helped me. I hope the plan works well for her. It is always good to have a plan. [/QUOTE]
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