sibling frustration

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>you know, all these people are worried about getting into college. but what about those who don't even care?</p>

<p>my sister had probably the most potential to go somewhere great. she's extremely smart. she could've gotten a 4.0 and 1500+ easily, a 1600 wouldn't surprise me. she's an amazing writer, so her essays would be excellent, and teachers tend to love her, giving her good recs. along with that, she's very social and could've had potential for leadership positions. along with that, she was an amazing musician. she played and excelled in the violin, but she also played the piano, guitar, and drums. then she also played sports, mostly soccer. her potential seemed endless.</p>

<p>she never finished high school. she dropped out after her sophomore year. then she went to the CC, and after a couple semesters, dropped that. everything about her is great. but something went wrong, and it makes me sad. </p>

<p>i read about all these people aspiring for a spot at a select university, and it's sad to think that she had just as much if not more potential than many people here, and she's nowhere. </p>

<p>the one thing that everyone here has that she didn't have is the motivation to succeed. if you have that, then you'll get farther than the smartest person i know.</p>

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<p>thanks for the random personal story that has only been told 10000000 times.</p>

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<p>i have the same story as you ck, my sister is shwoing a lot of potential in her kindergarden class, i thinm in the new sat she can score 3200(new computer section in 09) she is reading at a college level and can do calculus already, but the bad thing is she dropped out too and is pregnant with her second child, blah blah blah, who cares,just dont let your sister get pregnant b/c i dont want to have to pay her welfare checks for her when i get a job</p>

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<p>Wow, such insensitive posts.</p>

<p>Ck, It's really too bad that your sister didn't live up to her potential. Encourage her to go back to college and get her life back on the right track.</p>

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<p>Or encourage her to join the Peace Corps, or something totally different, seeing, as something about acedemia didn't seem to click. Just because you are smart doesn't mean you need to go to college to have a productive life.<br>
yeah, those first two posts were egregiously rude</p>

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<p>Some people are so rude in here.</p>