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So my 18 year old kid drops out of tech school{out of state} in December, comes home for Christmas break, I hook him up with 2 weeks work at union rate.So how's school? "Oh, everything is fine." We drive him back to his place,{he wanted to take the bus} not a dorm room, a 2 bedroom apt he shares. Place was clean,{bathroom and kitchen sink}, no obvious signs of drugs or booze, Just school books on the table.So I ask " Ya glad to be back at school? " ...Yea, he can't wait. End of Feb. we finally get a letter from the school, he didn't register... he's out.The wife drives out to get him, bring him home...2 new ear piercing {no problem... his ears, not mine}, shit load of new games, thanks to those 2 checks.Now I just spent 200.00 to have 1 stud removed at the clinic because it got pushed inside his lobe like 2 weeks ago and healed over. Oh well, at least he's not on drugs... I wonder why I drink sometimes...
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5398778 - 03/14/06 11:40 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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heh.. He'll figure it out, I suppose...
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5398791 - 03/14/06 11:43 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Crazy kids. What's he gonna do now?
Have him be a roofer's laborer for a month or two. He'll be dying to go back and do good in school.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5398797 - 03/14/06 11:44 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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What was he studying to become/
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5398803 - 03/14/06 11:46 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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School isn't for everyone. He'll be alright.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5398804 - 03/14/06 11:46 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah how old is he btw 19?
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5398825 - 03/14/06 11:50 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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vinsue said: So my 18 year old kid drops out of tech school
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Re: KIDS... [Re: pshawny]
#5398836 - 03/14/06 11:53 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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lol ok ok
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5398845 - 03/14/06 11:54 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I dropped out of school when I was 18 and told my parents roughly the same stuff until very close to when I was actually dropping out. He probably, like me, just didn't want to see his parents all sketched out and view him as a failure - so while he figures out what to do, he acts like life is peachy. 
Just a guess.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5398846 - 03/14/06 11:54 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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That's no good, but I can understand that maybe college isn't for him.
Hell, I'm a nerdly fellow who enjoys education... I'll be lucky if I manage to last long enough to get my BS.
Despite trying hard last semester and all that jazz, my GPA was laughable and I'm on academic probation. I haven't even gotten to spend my scholarship yet
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Konnrade]
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I can see where he's coming from. My school situation is pretty fucked up at the moment. I need to sit down and be serious about one fucking semester, and I can get this BS, but I hate the field so much now, its a chore to go to class or do fieldwork.
ugh.
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I hate how a bachelor's degree is called a "BS"... it's insulting
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Re: KIDS... [Re: daimyo]
#5398898 - 03/14/06 12:08 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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daimyo said: Crazy kids. What's he gonna do now?
Have him be a roofer's laborer for a month or two. He'll be dying to go back and do good in school.
Yeah no shit, got me signed up for college pretty fast.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Konnrade]
#5398899 - 03/14/06 12:08 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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My degree is totally BS.
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Wait. No. It's a B.A.
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Yeah, the arts degree gets a respectable abbreviation, but the science students are bullshit.
Right brain prejudice!
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Konnrade]
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I might get my M.F.A. eventually. Then when people ask me what I went to school for, I'll just get all up in their face and yell BAMFA!
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Konnrade]
#5398916 - 03/14/06 12:10 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Ah shit, so when I'm going into chemistry all I'm going to get is BS huh? What a waste of time!
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$5 says they shit their pants.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Jadian]
#5398923 - 03/14/06 12:12 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Jadian said: Ah shit, so when I'm going into chemistry all I'm going to get is BS huh? What a waste of time!
Wait untill you get into organic chemistry. Your grade will depend on memorizing things that SOUND like BS, but are totally important.
My next exam is going to be a bitch.
Lousy hydrocarbons.
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Is BAMFA anything like NAMBLA?
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Jadian]
#5398938 - 03/14/06 12:14 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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"I gotmy BAMFA!!! from NAMBLA!!! Now I'm working for NASA!!!
Me and 6 underage monkeys are gonna be orbiting the earth for 3 months with a huge stock of lubrication and Voltaire."
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Konnrade]
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Memorizing things is one of the worst things you could ask me to do. Ah well, I suppose I'll stop smoking pot for a year or so to let my memories clear up a bit.
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Jadian
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Where the hell do I sign up for that job?!
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Konnrade]
#5398959 - 03/14/06 12:18 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Most people that get degrees end up wasting their knowledge anyhow. My sister has a masters degree in psychology. Guess what, she's a stay at home mom. What a waste. But her hubby is an engineer, so they can afford to have her stay home
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Re: KIDS... [Re: pshawny]
#5398993 - 03/14/06 12:24 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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pshawny said: Most people that get degrees end up wasting their knowledge anyhow. My sister has a masters degree in psychology. Guess what, she's a stay at home mom. What a waste. But her hubby is an engineer, so they can afford to have her stay home
I wouldn't say that a psychology education is wasted on parenting. That knowledge could probably help her raise kids well.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Konnrade]
#5398998 - 03/14/06 12:25 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
What was he studying to become
..Computer graphics. Quote:
Have him be a roofer's laborer for a month or two
I've offered him a chance to join the laborers union immediately, or check out the electricians union...school required. Either way he'd be at top rate in 5 years. 29 - 40 /hr.+ benefits.Quote:
how old is he btw 19?
...yes,19 now......... He wants to move in with his older cousin 10 miles away {26 year old pot head} and work for a good friend of mine who owns a landscape business...{also a drummer} and pothead like me He has asked if I could teach him to play the guitar.{which i am.}We even took him to this New Years Eve party my friends have...50'ish musicians and their 20ish kids jammin', partin'... He asked if he could get drunk, I said go for it.{Wife didn't like that much }He had vodka, yaegermeister{sp?} and 2or 3 kinds of beer, plus the copious amounts of smoke in the air {he doesn't puff}....carried his ass to the car that night...He'll be fine...
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5399061 - 03/14/06 12:47 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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WTF??? he won't be fine!!! he IS fine!

just sounds like he needs a little time to be out and about... enjoying life... there's the rest of his life to worry about jobs and making end meet... (unless he wants to become a millioner... in that case he better hurry up )
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
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I dont have kids, but I feel as though if I did, Id be the kind of dad who makes their kids go to college. Theyd be raised from the beginning like that, mind controlling them to go to college. Its not as if college is hard, realistically college is one ofthe most fun things to ever happen. And afterwards, even if you dont use the degree, you just spent 4 years at basically Disneyland. Anyways, your son will probably be fine, Im just saying Im sure id be one of those crazy parents that makes their kid finish college.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: TheCow]
#5399190 - 03/14/06 01:31 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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My dad used to point out homeless people to me and tell me that's where I'd be if I didn't go to college.
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"Oh well, at least he's not on drugs..." I am on drugs, rite now, and I am in school, at this very moment, and I am doing just fine.
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LEARN TO USE THE FUCKING QUICK REPLY
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Next time you say that to one, link them to Jim's post..
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I was going to, but I didn't want to look for the link.
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Look for it? Stickied at the top of the Pub?
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That's impossible.
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It's not stickied anymore, buddy.
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D'oh.
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"Oh well, at least he's not on drugs..." I am on drugs, rite now, and I am in school, at this very moment, and I am doing just fine.
...ever study Irony??
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5400335 - 03/14/06 06:16 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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He's on drugs.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Cowgold]
#5400357 - 03/14/06 06:20 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I smell a HIPPO crit
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
#5400366 - 03/14/06 06:22 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Man, I would beat the hell out of this kid. I'm a strict believer in corporal punishment. That's how I was raised. Granted, he is older...but it sounds as if he needs some discipline.
When I messed up when I was younger all my mom had to say was, "Your dad will deal with you" and that always made me shit my pants right there.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: Cowgold]
#5400759 - 03/14/06 07:41 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Jesus, that background makes me want to throw up.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
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Tell your kid this "Knowledge is the greatest wealth, and ignorance the greatest poverty." Then kick him in the nuts.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: pshawny]
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this thread made me want to download the movie "KIDS"
downloading now =]
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mikeownow said: "Oh well, at least he's not on drugs..." I am on drugs, rite now, and I am in school, at this very moment, and I am doing just fine.
ditto... calc III even.
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Re: KIDS... [Re: vinsue]
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school is just one of those things. some people jsut really hate it. some people arent compatible. but the less likely they can manage to put up with school, less likely they will put up with a job...
but what would make me made is the lack of communication and the lack of self support (and how the hell do you let an earring close up?! he needs a spanking for that, no matter how old he is! )
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