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- From: chrz@tellabs.com (Peter Chrzanowski)
- Subject: Re: My daughter needs to be more assertive (II)
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- References: <1993Jan18.090651.628@news.wesleyan.edu> <1993Jan20.201519.640@news.wesleyan.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:49:35 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.201519.640@news.wesleyan.edu>, RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg) writes:
- > A few more facts:
- >
- > Rachel's goal in life is total self-abnegation. She wants to be a housewife,
- > because she thinks that's the most "selfless" thing she could do.
-
- Each time you post, Ruth, you sketch in many more significant details.
-
- The above as much as says your daughter is going to college either (a) to
- meet a husband, or (b) because she's supposed to.
-
- I guess I'd suggest she be offered the option of deferring college for
- a year or two; IMO this is something many young people would benefit from.
-
- First, the flunk rate for freshmen is apalling. While some of the washouts
- are students of marginal ability, many are extremely bright kids who
- are just too immature to handle academic demands combined with the
- relative freedom of living away from home.
-
- Flunking out is painful; it feels like failure. Perhaps more to the
- point, many flunkouts don't get to go back to school for years, if ever.
-
- Second, a couple of years of independent living (I'm assuming she'd
- have to get her own place, and a job) can really help focus the mind
- on how dismal it is to live at the bottom of the economic ladder.
-
- If she's really as keyed into selflessness as you say (or perhaps
- she just wants to transfer her dependence onto another adult?)
- perhaps working for a non-profit or a charity would do?
-
- I'm sure I don't know enough about your situation, but it sure looks
- like your daughter is being *pushed* to go to college. And IMO
- that's a recipe for trouble -- for both of you.
-
-