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I didn't miss it. I find it to be unreasonable. It would be one thing if he/she was living with grandma and neither working nor going to school. It is quite another to expect both. Frankly I don't think the OP should have moved in with Grandma to start with, but having done so and finding themselves now at loggerheads - the solution is to move out.
He/she DID work, did meet the "agreement", and now needs to concentrate on the final semester or so before graduation. If Grandma can't understand that, then, sadly, she must do without the company of her grandchild according to the (unreasonable) rule she laid down.
I can't figure out what's so unreasonable about it. My senior year, I had a full course load, was president of my sorority, worked on the newspaper staff, sang in the A Cappella choir, AND had a part time job. And a fairly healthy social life. Looking back, I wish I had put more time into the job and less in the activities (to build up some bank), but was definitely do-able and I survived.
Gotta love the OP's sense of entitlement. If you don't like the terms she's stipulating then move out. Also kind of ballsy to go to Disney Land while unemployed and living for free with Grandmother. Try paying rent and see how much you like that.
Seriously...The OP should be sending out resumes and spending time planning for a job/career move rather than a vacation. I think Grand Mother is smart....and recognizes a lack of responsibility in the OP. OP where are your parents in this situation??
If grandma won't accept money for rent or utilities and you don't need to earn spending money, thenI don't see how or why she could make you get a job. Not to mention, when you graduate shortly, you may be moving. It is a little late in the game to start a new job in march of your last year of school.
I see a hint of entitlement from you, op, but if your parents are financially supporting you, you have the option to just concentrate on school, and iI don't see anything wrong with that.
The OP stated that getting a job was a requirement when she moved in with her grandmother. If her grandmother said she wanted her toes painted purple every day and the OP agreed, then those are the conditions of their arrangement. It has NOTHING to do with what she is entitled to do, should or should not do or even what she wants. It's about what she AGREED to when accepting the room and board. It's probably better to learn that NOW with someone like a loving grandmother than try to renege on a verbal agreement with someone else.
Dude, in the real world, no one gives a rat's you know what about GPA, all that matters is you graduated.
This is true for the most part. I stopped working in HR because I was basically told to discriminate against certain people regardless of their skills and accomplishments. Most employers don't care about your GPA and some don't even care about past criminal activity. It's sad, but true.
Someone on another forum responded to a question I asked with "Do you know what they call a doctor that graduated at the bottom of his/her class? Answer: Doctor!"
Dude, in the real world, no one gives a rat's you know what about GPA, all that matters is you graduated.
Why? cause GPA is about books and idealistic theories, not whether someone can do the job or not.
Yet, my son had several job offers with a 4.0 - while others didn't, in the same field.
Also, I am friends with several in HR - they are giving big rat's patooties. Dude.
A high GPA in the right fields makes a big difference.
In the right fields. If you have a 4.0 in 17th Century French Literature, it makes no difference.
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