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[quote=Anonymous]OP and want to thank everyone for their comments.  Yes, I do not want her to feel that I am disappointed.  To answer some other questions:

- a number of kids in her HS start at community college and then transfer to state schools.  Part of it is financial and the other element is for kids who were late starters. etc.  I do not think she is going to be devastated that one friend or another goes away to school.

- in terms of processing information, she went to a parochial elementary school (big point of contention with my wife as I wanted public for her) and utilized test support, where she was allowed to spend more time on exams.

- her dreams change almost weekly.  What she has thought about is being a social worker because she has a lot of empathy towards people's problems.  I could never see her working in a law or accounting firm.

-- as others put it, she is not me and I need to calm down on that part.  My sister could learn a language in three weeks, aced and pre-med.  I could never do what she did and she would hate doing what I do all day.  It's just that with the economy turning us into two-class country, I worry about her regretting not taking school seriously enough at the beginning of HS and seeing the repercussions.  Her grades are good now but she does talk about how she should have done better early on.

Final thought - my wife does not come from a family that stresses college and I am concerned daughter gets some of her views from them so there is a lot going on in my head about this.[/quote]

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