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difficult child 1 IS IN A PROGRAMMING COMPETITION
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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 23798" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>difficult child 1 is competing with a bunch of kids from lots of schools in a computer programming competition today. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I want him to do really well. Computers might be his only ticket to steady employment... On the other hand, he has such grandiose notions. He thinks he is superior to everyone!!! If he does really well, this will only reinforce his distorted sense of self...</p><p></p><p>Also, if he doesn't do as well as he expects to do, maybe it might make him think a bit... Maybe it might dawn on him that flunking out of high school isn't the way to go... However, a bigger part of me is hoping he does well. He is going to need a job. Plus, being his mother, I really want him to be happy!!! </p><p></p><p>I guess I should be grateful that he hopefully has a marketable skill. However, his inflated sense of self and his absolute refusal to do anything he doesn't want to do, might get him fired no matter how good he is with computers...</p><p></p><p>I guesss I'm just rambling... WFEN</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 23798, member: 3388"] difficult child 1 is competing with a bunch of kids from lots of schools in a computer programming competition today. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I want him to do really well. Computers might be his only ticket to steady employment... On the other hand, he has such grandiose notions. He thinks he is superior to everyone!!! If he does really well, this will only reinforce his distorted sense of self... Also, if he doesn't do as well as he expects to do, maybe it might make him think a bit... Maybe it might dawn on him that flunking out of high school isn't the way to go... However, a bigger part of me is hoping he does well. He is going to need a job. Plus, being his mother, I really want him to be happy!!! I guess I should be grateful that he hopefully has a marketable skill. However, his inflated sense of self and his absolute refusal to do anything he doesn't want to do, might get him fired no matter how good he is with computers... I guesss I'm just rambling... WFEN [/QUOTE]
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