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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 365733" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thanks, Donna! I probably sounded harsh in my response, that's more of a left-over pet peeve from my teen years. And my step-father trying to encourage me in spite of other family members discouraging me- he actually had college professors tell him he'd never make it in his chosen profession but as it turned out, he did very well. So he taught me that it's the ones that never give up that tend to make it, even more often than the ones who have the best aptitude. (I'm still waiting to see which one difficult child is!)</p><p></p><p>As far as your suggestions- yes- we had discussed this and got the PO on board with it and difficult child's mentor was starting to look into some of our places around here with difficult child to try to get him set up with some volunteer work with animals this summer, along with a part-time job (either with animals or not). But, as most are aware, difficult child is spending almost the entire summer in detention....again.... so this will now be the goal for next year.</p><p></p><p>difficult child just called and is concerned that the AP Environmental Science class will be too demanding on top of his four core classes- he would be taking it along with Chem 1 and Geometry. So he's leaning toward Shop class now. We had to get off the phone real quick- he was calling from detention and they don't give him long. I called back and explained this was info that needed to be discussed for me to relay to his sd and they told me to call during their school hours tomorrow. OK- I'm going to check the graduation requirements for our state before I do. difficult child blew his Span 1 and JROTC credits by being put into detention- he might not have any choice about taking a more academic-oriented class this coming year- if he wants to graduate on time.</p><p></p><p>ETA: Yes, he has great goals for himself but his BIG downfall is not realizing that he can't have his cake and eat it too- he can't expect to continue to get into trouble, skip school, not sink his teeth into the work, etc., and think he can attain these goals. This is why we are still putting a lot of weight on his "good" goals- to try to consistently point out to him that at his age and with his history, he has to make a choice between the two- go for college and quit getting into trouble, or keep getting into trouble and give up your dreams. Whether or not he changes those dreams later on (even if it's due to not getting accepted into vet school 6-7 years down the road) is not really the current issue, the way the sd and I are looking at it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 365733, member: 3699"] Thanks, Donna! I probably sounded harsh in my response, that's more of a left-over pet peeve from my teen years. And my step-father trying to encourage me in spite of other family members discouraging me- he actually had college professors tell him he'd never make it in his chosen profession but as it turned out, he did very well. So he taught me that it's the ones that never give up that tend to make it, even more often than the ones who have the best aptitude. (I'm still waiting to see which one difficult child is!) As far as your suggestions- yes- we had discussed this and got the PO on board with it and difficult child's mentor was starting to look into some of our places around here with difficult child to try to get him set up with some volunteer work with animals this summer, along with a part-time job (either with animals or not). But, as most are aware, difficult child is spending almost the entire summer in detention....again.... so this will now be the goal for next year. difficult child just called and is concerned that the AP Environmental Science class will be too demanding on top of his four core classes- he would be taking it along with Chem 1 and Geometry. So he's leaning toward Shop class now. We had to get off the phone real quick- he was calling from detention and they don't give him long. I called back and explained this was info that needed to be discussed for me to relay to his sd and they told me to call during their school hours tomorrow. OK- I'm going to check the graduation requirements for our state before I do. difficult child blew his Span 1 and JROTC credits by being put into detention- he might not have any choice about taking a more academic-oriented class this coming year- if he wants to graduate on time. ETA: Yes, he has great goals for himself but his BIG downfall is not realizing that he can't have his cake and eat it too- he can't expect to continue to get into trouble, skip school, not sink his teeth into the work, etc., and think he can attain these goals. This is why we are still putting a lot of weight on his "good" goals- to try to consistently point out to him that at his age and with his history, he has to make a choice between the two- go for college and quit getting into trouble, or keep getting into trouble and give up your dreams. Whether or not he changes those dreams later on (even if it's due to not getting accepted into vet school 6-7 years down the road) is not really the current issue, the way the sd and I are looking at it. [/QUOTE]
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