RE: Some parental advice from all the lovely parentals? Non parentals also welcome :D
December 12, 2015 at 5:13 pm
(December 12, 2015 at 4:31 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(December 12, 2015 at 4:26 pm)Losty Wrote: Honestly, if I have to work 3 jobs and my kids still have to work their way through college...I feel like I can deal with that. My daughter's happiness is more important to me than a college scholarship. Also, where I live you can go to any public college for free up to a bachelor's degree so long as you graduate high school with a 3.0 or higher.
-and that metric makes all other considerations irrelevant. If it would make her happier, and her happiness is paramount, then just dooooo eet. Remember, though,when you ask a kid what they want for dinner, they might say "cotton candy"...that would make them happy, lol.
I'm not shooting for the local public college, or my kids happiness....when it comes to my dealings with the D of E....that's where we differ, I think. Fuck those little bastards and what makes them all warm and fuzzy.
I think you misunderstand my meaning when I say her happiness is paramount. Im considering her life long happiness, I just think elementary school experience affects middle school which affects high school. Hating grade school can turn intelligent kids into "rebels" teachers tend to already struggle with Leli because she vocal and she's too smart for her own good. There are some really great public schools in Georgia. Like Georgia Tech for example. Yea sure there are Ivy League colleges that are super prestigious....if she decides that's the way she wants to go I suppose she'll have to work her ass off and get a scholarship. But that would be true either way. I have a lot to think about and another few weeks to think on it.
