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    Low HS grades - 18 year old

    @laurapalooza He needs math and economics to graduate in time. The progress report in math says he’s done 3 / 16 homework assignments. The kid is sharp. Just lazy as heck. Hard work beats talent any day anyways.
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    Low HS grades - 18 year old

    @jakem Nahhhh. I don’t think so. It might be. But I think unlikely. He always dragged his feet w grades. But then as soon as he started working there was a noticeable decline in grades. And I can’t really take the car cause his mom picked this school 12 miles away from her. So it’s hard to...
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    Low HS grades - 18 year old

    @godoy3774 Thank you
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    Low HS grades - 18 year old

    @suzyaussie Thank you. Yeah the progress reports are atrocious. He’s doing no work whatsoever. Next … in not sure. It’s up to him really. I would love college and then a couple of semesters or a year of study abroad. He’s expressed interest in auto mechanics. Diesel to be exact and...
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    Low HS grades - 18 year old

    @mary77 I hope and hope my son will figure it out. Based on. His work ethic at his job, I think he will. Yes, in from one of those countries in South America. I was lucky that I had good opportunities throughout. But yeah. I def know the value of education and hard work. I hope he opens his...
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    Low HS grades - 18 year old

    @joshuaaa I’m an immigrant who came to this country on a scholarship. So it just feels terrible that he has this awesome opportunity I would have killed for and he’s wasting it away. I mention that “opportunity” from the “prestigious university” and hope he gets a scholarship point of view...
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    Low HS grades - 18 year old

    My son is a good kid. He’s a good person. He has a teenage job and works hard there. He’s considered a good employee. His mom and I divorced when he was very little. By the time he was four we his mom and I lived apart. I have been as involved as possible and spoke to him on the phone every...
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