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Old Feb 11, 2006, 01:50 AM
Genevieve Genevieve is offline
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You ask a lot of questions here, and I wonder if you know the answers already? I'm betting that you do. Let's take them one at a time:

1.) Why do you do things like skipping midterms and classes, and withdrawing from classes you aren't doing well in? What do you think is going on there?

2.) What are you going to do about Tuesday? Seems to me you have a limited range of options, but you do have some. What do you think those options are?

3.) Why are you hiding these problems from other people? What does that get you? What is behind that pattern?

4.) What are you going to do about that midterm you skipped? This one is easy, GL, and I think you can already answer it.

5.) How will you ever be able to get a job? Tell me some ways you think you can do that? Tell me something you think would help you gain skills? What are some ways that you can learn marketable skills?

I'm too tired right now to go through all of these, but how about you start here and tell me what you think you can do. Tell me what I would recommend you do about that skipped midterm first, because that one is easy. And then start seeing how many of the other questions I've put up there you can answer on your own.

I really think that you can answer most of them, already, and that you're too frightened to trust your own judgement. I think you're looking not for advice, so much as validation and a bit of galvanizing. So, get started, kiddo -- number two pencil...
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