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I need some advice as I am not sure what to do.
My mom told me flat out that if I don't pass my classes she won't pay for them anymore and there goes my degree.
My mom also told me that if I go down to AZ when my cousin is visiting his brother that I shouldn't bother coming back home.
I am currently a few weeks behind in my classes due to personal issues at the house and coming back from a week vacation as well.
If I don't pass my classes then I won't get my degree but I don't know what else to do? If I drop the classes then I'm one semester behind and $2,000 needed to take the classes again.
What should I do?
You should pass your classes.
If you don't pass your classes you won't get a degree no matter who pays for what.
ETA a weeks vacation in the middle of the semester? WTF?
The week vacation was planned so I could spend time with my family down there and celebrate 2 birthdays as well as getting to know the other side of the family. Yeah poor planning on my part but I did manage to work on my homework while I was on vacation as well.
My cousin isn't planning on going until sometime next year but by then I'll have my degree.
The week vacation was planned so I could spend time with my family down there and celebrate 2 birthdays as well as getting to know the other side of the family. Yeah poor planning on my part but I did manage to work on my homework while I was on vacation as well.
My cousin isn't planning on going until sometime next year but by then I'll have my degree.
Take it from someone who went to college at age 20, supporting two children under the age of 2 by myself without government assistance. I held down a full-time job, raised my babies, had no family around me for support, and went to school full time with nobody but me paying for any of it.
I totally agree with the other posters here. Where is the question? What should you DO? Do your homework and pass your classes. Don't take the vacation! Your mother is your BOSS at this point in the game. Your SALARY is your tuition! Your JOB is to do your homework and study! If you don't do your JOB......clearly, your mother is going to stop paying you to go to school! In a nutshell, she is going to fire you for not doing your job. How hard is that to figure out? Believe me, a few years from now, you're going to look back at yourself and think, OMG...how could I have been so clueless! My mother was spending her own money to pay for my education, so that I had more options! How could I have been so ungrateful!
The week vacation was planned so I could spend time with my family down there and celebrate 2 birthdays as well as getting to know the other side of the family. Yeah poor planning on my part but I did manage to work on my homework while I was on vacation as well.
My cousin isn't planning on going until sometime next year but by then I'll have my degree.
You won't get a degree if you are failing your classes.
Give it all up, go do whatever you want. Move out, tell your Mom you can support yourself, and get a job, and live on your salary. Give back anything that you can not afford yourself, including your car, no more vacations, unless you pay for them. Enjoy this lifestyle for awhile, and then, go back home, and beg for a chance to go back to school.
My understanding is that you wish to be a role model for one of your cousins (?) In this case you should rather take care of your grades. To get a degree should be the first thing on your list of priorities. It is imperative to get it done, especially if you want to get a job and be useful to others too. Suppose you are in an airplane and something happens. What is the advice for all those that are caregivers? To put the oxygen mask on their mouth first, if they want to also be able to help the others that are depending on them. You are in a similar situation and although you deem it necessary to be physically there for those birthdays, it is not as important as you think. Instead you could call or write a meaningful message, explaining why it is vital to concentrate on school now and that you are doing this not just for you, but also for them. The sooner you finish your school, the sooner you can move closer to them. IMO, to be able to focus on the right thing at the right time, and making sacrifices in the process (i.e postponing spending time with your family in AZ) would be a great lesson for you cousin. The easiest way for young people to learn: by example. The best way for an adult to teach them: by example.
Last edited by mia12; 10-02-2010 at 10:44 AM..
Reason: spelling
Take it from someone who went to college at age 20, supporting two children under the age of 2 by myself without government assistance. I held down a full-time job, raised my babies, had no family around me for support, and went to school full time with nobody but me paying for any of it.
You have it easy, punk.
Ouch...rude no?
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