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difficult child back on drugs again, very worried and need advice
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<blockquote data-quote="Tiredof33" data-source="post: 505760" data-attributes="member: 13558"><p>Almost any parent wants their child to enjoy school proms etc. and graduate but my difficult child was gifted and hated school. A GED will keep you from an Ivy League college, but will allow you to work and go to another college the same as a diploma. I drove my difficult child to take the GED tests and sat in the car to make sure he didn't leave without taking them. I think a difficult child getting a GED is a huge accomplishment and a step in the right direction! I agree that anyone can go to college later in life and you hear of it often and at any age. But, I see few high school drop outs go for a GED later in life. I know several and they say they would be too embarassed at their age to sit for the tests, they both were lucky that they started their own business and it is doing fairly well.</p><p></p><p>Hubby's daughter took the GED at 18 and now has a masters and works in the public school system. Our Teacher of the Year award was given to a difficult child dropout that turned her life around in her twenties and sat for her GED and later went to college.</p><p></p><p>I got married in my senior year with only 2 courses needed to graduate. I had met the 'perfect man' and married. In our culture a woman's education was not as important as her looks. I still see some of that in this rural south area today. They are more proud of the beauty queens than the honor student!</p><p></p><p>I had always wanted to got to college but was told it was a waste because 'I was just going to get married and raise a family anyway'. I went to night school working full time with a baby and a husband that was not supportive in any way.</p><p></p><p>My husband did not want me to do anything outside of the home including having friends. When he started drug use ( I suspect he always had been using and I just didn't now the signs ) I had a very hard time getting away from him, but I divorced him.</p><p></p><p>I was in my 30's when I started college using AT&T's tuition plan and I now have two masters. It is all in what the individual wants to do and they have to really want it lol!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiredof33, post: 505760, member: 13558"] Almost any parent wants their child to enjoy school proms etc. and graduate but my difficult child was gifted and hated school. A GED will keep you from an Ivy League college, but will allow you to work and go to another college the same as a diploma. I drove my difficult child to take the GED tests and sat in the car to make sure he didn't leave without taking them. I think a difficult child getting a GED is a huge accomplishment and a step in the right direction! I agree that anyone can go to college later in life and you hear of it often and at any age. But, I see few high school drop outs go for a GED later in life. I know several and they say they would be too embarassed at their age to sit for the tests, they both were lucky that they started their own business and it is doing fairly well. Hubby's daughter took the GED at 18 and now has a masters and works in the public school system. Our Teacher of the Year award was given to a difficult child dropout that turned her life around in her twenties and sat for her GED and later went to college. I got married in my senior year with only 2 courses needed to graduate. I had met the 'perfect man' and married. In our culture a woman's education was not as important as her looks. I still see some of that in this rural south area today. They are more proud of the beauty queens than the honor student! I had always wanted to got to college but was told it was a waste because 'I was just going to get married and raise a family anyway'. I went to night school working full time with a baby and a husband that was not supportive in any way. My husband did not want me to do anything outside of the home including having friends. When he started drug use ( I suspect he always had been using and I just didn't now the signs ) I had a very hard time getting away from him, but I divorced him. I was in my 30's when I started college using AT&T's tuition plan and I now have two masters. It is all in what the individual wants to do and they have to really want it lol!!! [/QUOTE]
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