Will he stay or Will he go?
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
August 21, 2018 9:48am CST
He thinks he's not going back.
I am not so sure.
I can understand how he feels.
I hated school too.
He's old enough to legally drop out.
Heck, he was old enough two years ago.
I think his orientation is on Thursday, but he's still here and it's Tuesday.
If he does drop out, he needs to understand it's not as easy as deciding not to go. He'll have to fill out paperwork and turn it in to the school.
As it is, it seems as if he's moved in.
*To summarize : Nephew is 18, he doesn't want to go back to school (or so he says). He's old enough to drop out (and was legally able to do so at 16 here). He's also seemed to all but moved in here.
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@Marilynda1225 (79772)
• United States
21 Aug 18
Hope your nephew chooses to continue his education
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
21 Aug 18
He woke up a few hours ago and I flat out asked him. He said "Yes I am going back to school."
So I guess he was joking before, which is what he likes to do.
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
22 Aug 18
I hope you can convince him to go back to school and finish his diploma. Opportunities for people without a diploma are near non-existent in today's economy. I know my wife's plant won't even interview for the most basic low-skill position if you don't have a diploma. Even the traditional places that hired people without them will now balk at hiring someone without a diploma or GED unless they are seriously in need of a body to lift and tote, sweep and mop. And, as far as I know, you can't even enlist in the military these days without a diploma or a GED.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
22 Aug 18
I've noticed as well that places are upping the requirements to work for them. He is going to stay in school, though at one point he was so upset that he said he was going to quit, that he didn't care.
His parents are divorcing, and it hit him really hard at first. They've worked things out, and while his parents are still divorcing, he's not as upset about it any longer.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
22 Aug 18
@DWDavis His father was leaning too heavily on him as well. It's an amicable divorce.
At one point, my nephew was calling my sister names, blaming her etc.
I have no idea how my niece was taking it, I haven't heard from her in awhile. She's 11 going on 15.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
22 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum I can't imagine how tough it must be on a kid his age when your parents split up. No wonder he was feeling so down on things. I'm glad it's working out.
@snowy22315 (170019)
• United States
21 Aug 18
OK well if he isn't going to school..what else is he going to do? What plans does he have? Is he working on a GED?
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
21 Aug 18
I have no idea.
He's just went through alot because his parents are divorcing. It's been a year of the two living in separate households and the kids going back and forth. I've tried to talk to my nephew about ambition, but he closes down and won't talk about it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
21 Aug 18
HE told me earlier that he is going to go back to school. I think he only has two years left.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum
That's good if he still has plans of going back to school.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
21 Aug 18
Nope, with no desire for one either.
I haven't talked to him about whether or not he'll try to go work for the tae kwon do place he takes classes at. That used to be his dream.
He is very.. sheltered isn't the right word but close to it. The week before I turned 18, I had arrangements to rent a place with a friend. By the time I was 18 I was moved in and had a job.
@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum not ambitious sounds more like it. And if you've read my posts you know how frustrated I get with people who have no ambitions.
Yeah it's hard work to get what you want, but it'd worth it.
I hope he realizes he needs to make more out of his life, before he gets stuck in a circle where he doesn't
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
21 Aug 18
@thislittlepennyearns He has matured a lot since the last time I had seen him. A couple of weeks ago I texted him and asked him how he was doing, and that's when all this stuff blew up and he's been over here more than he has been at home. Before this most recent time, we hadn't seem him in many months.
So he has matured a lot, and hopefully will continue to do so. He says he is going to go back to school. That is what I got out of him today.
He is a little naive about working versus not working, but he's a smart kid and he'll soon figure things out.
