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difficult child says "No" to anymore schooling
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 268038" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Grrrreeeeaaaaat. difficult child has a job. She's cleaning houses, which is fine, but let's face it, it's not a lifelong job. Every job she has is faced with half heartedness on her part and she's never really 100% present when she goes in. She seems to like this job, in that she doesn't have a boss breathing down her neck and although her jobs are timed, she's out and about. She discovered that her AC works yesterday - yeah!</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Anyway, she was complaining about her job the other day and I mentioned attending school in the fall - to try the phlebotomy program again or something else if she's interested. The words were barely out of my mouth, pretty much still floating in the air, and she blurted out a "No. I am never going to college Mom". Okay.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">So, I'm not asking for advice or even venting really. Just wanted to share my disappointment. I understand that not everyone desires or even needs higher education. I'm included in those who haven't finished college. And I know a lot of people who have gone on to be successful in their lives without college or trade school. But it wasn't easy and there is a disparity among your peers in the struggle to acquire the same jobs out there. I just worry about difficult child, because with her fight or flight mindset (hers being flight!), she has a tendency to give up too easily and I don't know, I just worry about that. So, that's it, just putting my thoughts down. Now I can let it go. Thanks for listening.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 268038, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Grrrreeeeaaaaat. difficult child has a job. She's cleaning houses, which is fine, but let's face it, it's not a lifelong job. Every job she has is faced with half heartedness on her part and she's never really 100% present when she goes in. She seems to like this job, in that she doesn't have a boss breathing down her neck and although her jobs are timed, she's out and about. She discovered that her AC works yesterday - yeah![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Anyway, she was complaining about her job the other day and I mentioned attending school in the fall - to try the phlebotomy program again or something else if she's interested. The words were barely out of my mouth, pretty much still floating in the air, and she blurted out a "No. I am never going to college Mom". Okay.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]So, I'm not asking for advice or even venting really. Just wanted to share my disappointment. I understand that not everyone desires or even needs higher education. I'm included in those who haven't finished college. And I know a lot of people who have gone on to be successful in their lives without college or trade school. But it wasn't easy and there is a disparity among your peers in the struggle to acquire the same jobs out there. I just worry about difficult child, because with her fight or flight mindset (hers being flight!), she has a tendency to give up too easily and I don't know, I just worry about that. So, that's it, just putting my thoughts down. Now I can let it go. Thanks for listening.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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