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Poll: So should I go to college
Poll: If you were scared that when you left for college your famliy would just fall apart, because you are the one who does ALL the work as far as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, and getting the children off to thier football games and other events that the
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Posted 4 months ago I just want to be happy and do what I want to do, which is go to school. On the same not I do not want to let my famliy down and I feel like they wouldn't know what to do if I wasn't doing everything for them. I am scared that my two younger brothers will not do their best in school because I am the only ones pushing them the way they school be pushed. My mom is not all that stable anymore, she is just so depressed and I am not sure if she will be able to keep it together with out me. My mother acts as if she NEEDS a drink in her system to hard herself together! I am so lost because I want to have a famliy when I grow up and I know the only way I can give my children a heathy lifestyle is if I work and I can only get a wonderful job that will feed children, keep a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs, schools on thier feet, and a good education if I attend college! What is a girl to do? |
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| Posted 4 months ago Quettaf, I think that it is admirable what you have tried to do for your family. It sounds like it is time for someone else or a third party to step in to help your family. To give yourself a fighting chance at survival, you should go to college. A high school diploma is not enough these days. I have a bachelor's degree in accounting but I found that after 20 years, that was not enough - employers want more. I just finished graduate school and now the economy and the employment situation is so different. I'm considering what else I should do to be more secure. If you want to strike a happy medium, you may want to consider starting at your community college so that you can be close to home and begin your college career. Sometimes you cannot help your family until you help yourself first.
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| Posted 4 months ago Community college is a good idea, and so is attending school online. That way you will not have to completely leave your family. It sounds like you need some help with them. Please find a counselor, minister, relative, or someone you trust before things get worse. |
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| Posted 4 months ago Don't just dream about it with your family. Be the leading example for your younger siblings and goto college. The more you learn, the more they can learn from you and life's challenges will become experiencial victories. The term "Go from Strength ot Strength" means you turn your potential abilities into strengths. Taking steps to accomplish your vision will help broaden the vision of your family members.... Alcohol has a weird way holding back family members; even non-alcoholic family members and can keep them bound from success. It's like a continuous cycle of failure whith no visibal connection. (Trust me, I know) You need to break that cycle with college. Read the book "Codependent No More" if will help you move ahead and develope a healthy life for you and family. |
