Poor College choice...WWYD?

sunnyflorida
Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:40:43 +0000

My younger D made a similar decision in a way. She stayed closer to home for a boy, rather than go farther away to a better school. She is very strong willed, but also has the personality that made going away a little scary for her. I bit my tongue and let her stay closer to home. If I insisted she go to the better choice, and she crashed and burned, it would always and forever by my fault. The boy was out of the picture before the start of school. By Thanksgiving she actually said, “you were right mom…” That took a lot for her to admit that. She hates to be wrong. And academically rarely is. She has made a success of her current location. She graduated HS with her AA, so transferring is not an option IMHO, so she will stay put and stick it out and hopefully end up at the vet school of her dreams. Time will tell. She did learn a valuable lesson about looking at the entire picture, and having an open mind when listening to advice.