difficult child asked me yesterday if I would take her down to the community college so she could talk to an advisor on what she had to do to enter the vet tech program. husband told her that she could go and get the information and present it to us. So this morning I took her down, sat in the waiting area while she went in to talk to the advisor. About an hour later she came out with a list of things to do, get a student ID, register on-line for the classes the advisor told her were required pre-requisites, and go to the business office to pay. She had taken a summer class there two years ago so she was considered a returning student.
She registered for a math, english and psychology class and then called husband to tell him what she did and ask if he would pay for it. After telling her that this was her responsibility, we would not remind her to go to class or ask about homework, and that if she flunked out that was the end of our help, (remember we have been down this road before with her flunking out of her first semester of college and getting kicked out of the dorm), he agreed to pay.
Went to the business office and signed up for monthly payments so that if she does back out they can go after her for the balance. She was told to come home, go on-line and do a math review and come back Tuesday to take the math placement test and try to get into the higher level mth class. She tested into the lowest level math two years ago. She did go home and spent about two hours refreshing her math skills.
So it's up to her. Until now she has not shown any initiative to do anything with her life except lay in bed all day and work her few hours a week at the mall. Vet tech was something she has been interested in for years and honestly the one job that I can see her doing well. I don;t know if she will be able to handle the classes or keep her motivation up but I was happy to see her do something about her future. She honestly looked happy and enthused while she was handling all the arrangements.
She asked me if I was going to let her get a parking pass and I said no I would drive her for now. She accepted that. I do hope she sticks to this but I won't get my hopes up too high.
Nancy
She registered for a math, english and psychology class and then called husband to tell him what she did and ask if he would pay for it. After telling her that this was her responsibility, we would not remind her to go to class or ask about homework, and that if she flunked out that was the end of our help, (remember we have been down this road before with her flunking out of her first semester of college and getting kicked out of the dorm), he agreed to pay.
Went to the business office and signed up for monthly payments so that if she does back out they can go after her for the balance. She was told to come home, go on-line and do a math review and come back Tuesday to take the math placement test and try to get into the higher level mth class. She tested into the lowest level math two years ago. She did go home and spent about two hours refreshing her math skills.
So it's up to her. Until now she has not shown any initiative to do anything with her life except lay in bed all day and work her few hours a week at the mall. Vet tech was something she has been interested in for years and honestly the one job that I can see her doing well. I don;t know if she will be able to handle the classes or keep her motivation up but I was happy to see her do something about her future. She honestly looked happy and enthused while she was handling all the arrangements.
She asked me if I was going to let her get a parking pass and I said no I would drive her for now. She accepted that. I do hope she sticks to this but I won't get my hopes up too high.
Nancy