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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 619769" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>((hugs)) Sue</p><p></p><p>If the lymph node swelling doesn't go down soon, as in a day or two, I'd get Diva into the doctor asap. That worries me. </p><p></p><p>With Wee, sadly he has a point......a valid point......School with no goals runs up astronomical bills and too many times with no positive end result. Nichole dropped out for that reason. She was just running up bills. Her interests were in too many areas to feel strongly about any of them to point her the way to go. Often (after speaking to a lot of people over the years) life experience tends to help them find their way and many return later with a clear cut goal in mind. </p><p></p><p>I think we as a society have decided college is the answer to everything. It's not. Especially when a child has no clear cut goal in mind. There is so vast amount of choices it tends to overwhelm a young person. Knew a guy who went into computer programming at college. He had the brains for it. Thought that is what he might want to do........ He dropped out knowing that wasn't it. He'd been just taking classes the last year, basically random ones, because once he realized he wanted nothing to do with computer programming he didn't have the slightest clue what he wanted to do. He got a job doing construction work. Eventually it led him back to school but not college. He went to a tech school to learn how to be a brick layer. As an apprentice he was making nearly 20.00 a hr. He <strong>loved </strong>it. </p><p></p><p>When Nichole told me the reason she wanted to drop out of college I didn't fight her on it. It made sense. </p><p></p><p>With thank you......well, that is his personality and it is probably not going to ever change. (I have a bro like that) At least you don't have to deal with it. </p><p></p><p>The transition from teen to adult can be a rough road for our kids, but sometimes it can be just as rough (or more) on us as we watch them stumble along.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 619769, member: 84"] ((hugs)) Sue If the lymph node swelling doesn't go down soon, as in a day or two, I'd get Diva into the doctor asap. That worries me. With Wee, sadly he has a point......a valid point......School with no goals runs up astronomical bills and too many times with no positive end result. Nichole dropped out for that reason. She was just running up bills. Her interests were in too many areas to feel strongly about any of them to point her the way to go. Often (after speaking to a lot of people over the years) life experience tends to help them find their way and many return later with a clear cut goal in mind. I think we as a society have decided college is the answer to everything. It's not. Especially when a child has no clear cut goal in mind. There is so vast amount of choices it tends to overwhelm a young person. Knew a guy who went into computer programming at college. He had the brains for it. Thought that is what he might want to do........ He dropped out knowing that wasn't it. He'd been just taking classes the last year, basically random ones, because once he realized he wanted nothing to do with computer programming he didn't have the slightest clue what he wanted to do. He got a job doing construction work. Eventually it led him back to school but not college. He went to a tech school to learn how to be a brick layer. As an apprentice he was making nearly 20.00 a hr. He [B]loved [/B]it. When Nichole told me the reason she wanted to drop out of college I didn't fight her on it. It made sense. With thank you......well, that is his personality and it is probably not going to ever change. (I have a bro like that) At least you don't have to deal with it. The transition from teen to adult can be a rough road for our kids, but sometimes it can be just as rough (or more) on us as we watch them stumble along. [/QUOTE]
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