Dreaded exam results!
#21
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Originally Posted by mack
They were exams before her last year at High School which determine what choices she can make for the future.
My husband (or rather his mother) was told by his guidance counselor that he would end up a ditch digger. For a long time he believed it. ...Fast forward to 2006 when he got his Bachelor's Degree from University of San Francisco. He was 54. I wish he had not listened to the stupid test results and comments that categorized him WAY beyond his ability.
SHE'LL DO GREAT!
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I really do understand the testing problems. I went to school in Europe before returning to the US. I've given the "you have it too easy" lecture many times to a lot of students in high school and college. The educational system is very different here and far from perfect. There WILL be a way for her to study what she wants if she wants to badly enough. She sounds motivated so don't let her give up her dreams. Sometimes it takes a little longer than we'd like.
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Thank you for all your thoughts and advice, I do appreciate it. Never having been to America I don't know what your systems are like, but it sounds as if we could learn from them. Mandy lives with us and is quite a home bird. If she's not here or at school she's generally at the farm stables with her horse. At the moment she says she wouldn't like to live away from home but as in all things that may change in the future.
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Sometimes it's hard to look at something like this from a different perspective. When she is older, this test will be so insignificant. One test does not make a person better or worse. There are other measurements that are more important than the numbers on that sheet of paper. I think that being well rounded, happy and healthy are far more important than one day of being measured. My best to your sweet daughter, give her a hug for me!
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My DGD is in a special college program. Its called Advance Academy and she is covering high school and college core courses at the same time. She has to keep a certain GPA or she is kicked out of the program. Its tough, she worries every time she has a test that it will bring it down.
She wants to be a herpetologist. And be a researcher in that field. I can barely spell the word let alone understand some of her courses. lol Oh and BTW my brother is 53 and has gone back to school to get his masters in computer science, I think thats what it is anyway. I went back to school to be a massage therapist at 48 and had high plans until an aneurysm sidelined me. But I did graduate with a 3.96 average and I was the oldest student in the school and working a full time job. So I guess the point is there is always time to do what we want. She will find her niche and it may not be what she thought it should be.If she did her best that is all she can do. Good luck to her.
She wants to be a herpetologist. And be a researcher in that field. I can barely spell the word let alone understand some of her courses. lol Oh and BTW my brother is 53 and has gone back to school to get his masters in computer science, I think thats what it is anyway. I went back to school to be a massage therapist at 48 and had high plans until an aneurysm sidelined me. But I did graduate with a 3.96 average and I was the oldest student in the school and working a full time job. So I guess the point is there is always time to do what we want. She will find her niche and it may not be what she thought it should be.If she did her best that is all she can do. Good luck to her.
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