Posted by wharfrat on January 15, 2003, at 9:20:09
In reply to Re: What did he say? » wharfrat, posted by Noa on January 14, 2003, at 19:12:54
Noa,
I appreciate your reply and agree with you about the "he'll be interested in something totally different in 2 weeks" That's him exactly.
But, this is the deal and I hope I'm not sounding mental. I do not have the money nor will I have the money to personally send my kids to college.They need to get into something, stick with it and get scholarships. My 9 year old wants to be an actor. He's been taking acting classes since he was 5. He auditions for every play that comes along. Sometimes he gets a part, alot of times he does'nt. But he is determined to be an actor. The thing is, he does'nt make very good grades in school. And he really tries hard in school. The 14 year old DOES make good grades. Always has. Does'nt even have to try. The thing is, everything he's gotten into, soccer baseball, football, basketball, orchestra, boy scouts, band etc. etc. he has quit. He's the strongest trumpet player the band has and he wants to quit because "It's not cool to be in band" He has'nt stuck with anything for more than a year. They will have to invent a new activity in school just so he can join and then quit!!! There are not any college scholarships out there that I know of for being cool or quitting. I'm just worried that he will have trouble holding a job because when things don't go his way he'll quit. I don't know. When I posted yesterday, I was having a really bad day, as if I missed my med dose or something, or as if my meds suddenly stopped working. Used to worry excessively about stuff like this. Since medication, only worry on occasion.Me? I hated school from day one. Made terrible grades. I'm 42 and it was only 3 or 4 years ago that I stopped dreaming that I was'nt going to graduate from high school. Obviously never went to college. There are not a lot of GOOD jobs out there available for people without college degrees. Back in the day, you could start working after high school at a company and work your way up to a high position. Now, you can't even get hired by a company unless you have a college degree. My job pays pretty good. I got lucky. But, there are NO benefits, NO 401K, NO retirement, NO profit sharing, just a paycheck on Friday and MAYBE a christmas bonus of $50.00. And I'm stuck here because anywhere else, I would need a college degree to make the kind of money I make here. It does'nt seem fair but that's the way it is in this day and age and I want my kids to realize that there's a little more to the future than the next girlfriend or the next episode of Spongebob Squarepants. What do you think? Do you have any kiddos?
Wharf
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