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FirstLight

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29. yeah, no coddling here either...

Reply to hunter (Reply #28)

Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:13 PM

Dec 3

both my kids had to leave HS and do home self study for different reasons...the older was the achiever who wanted to graduate early and the scholl said no. she said fuck that and got the homeschool... she graduated a year early, and was on track after her AA to go to UC Santa Cruz...then covid hit and she gave up on everything. Now she's trying to re-start in NC where she moved to be with her partner.

My youngest was the one who tried homeschool because he was a little teen angst criminal, LOL...he flunked out of that and we fought for a year to get him through it...he ended up getting his GED. Thank goodness he made it out ofthat phase alive!

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Why is it so hard for our kids to just LIVE these days? [View all] FirstLight Dec 2 OP

Because we are a nation run by billionaires would could care less about the children. walkingman Dec 2 #1

Well, yeah that's the short answer I guess FirstLight Dec 2 #2

Yup, it's their world. We're just living in it. Initech Dec 3 #6

Median wages have stagnated since Carter, most of the gains in worker productivity RockRaven Dec 2 #3

I know... There's nothing else we can do FirstLight Dec 3 #4

Because our society has collapsed and broken the social contract. Basso8vb Dec 3 #5

Some of the old ways need to be brought back RhapsodyFav Dec 3 #7

Yes! FirstLight Dec 3 #11

The normalization of fascism. Karasu Dec 3 #8

sounds like my life back 40 years ago Kali Dec 3 #9

I relate for sure.. FirstLight Dec 3 #10

40 years ago you were competing with 225 million other Americans for jobs and kids now are competing with 8.2 billion meadowlander Dec 3 #15

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That's a very ill-informed statement, Forum132. You are declaring pot is the worst drug there is... Hekate Dec 3 #13

Sounds like a perception of cannabis that's stuck in the 1970's. Aristus Dec 3 #30

The troll sounded like someone whose native language was other than English Hekate Dec 4 #32

So many of them have student loans that they'll have to start paying. kerry-is-my-prez Dec 3 #14

Mine didn't even make it to college... FirstLight Dec 3 #17

Capitalism cannot survive without slavery. Instead of addressing the financial side of in2herbs Dec 3 #26

It is the horrendous WEALTH GAP. Understanding why and how it is that way people willfully ignore because Jit423 Dec 3 #16

Did they travel during Thanksgiving? Sympthsical Dec 3 #18

Bravo! TheProle Dec 3 #19

nope... FirstLight Dec 3 #20

In all seriousness, I hear you Sympthsical Dec 3 #21

your last sentence is spot on... FirstLight Dec 3 #23

Making it as a young adult these days isn't like it was even in the 90's when I was in my 20s. You can't goof around Fish700 Dec 3 #22

exactly... FirstLight Dec 3 #24

Man, I wouldn't want to be a kid in this generation Dem4life1234 Dec 3 #25

"Coddled by the school system???!!!" WTF? hunter Dec 3 #28

yeah, no coddling here either... FirstLight Dec 3 #29

Im so sorry you had to endure that FirstLight Dec 3 #31

You made some good points Dem4life1234 Dec 4 #33

The academics weren't all that great either. hunter Dec 4 #34

I'm so sorry. Another worried mom here. GPV Dec 3 #27