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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Imagine[/b] knowing almost nothing about wine and walking into a wine store for the first time. White, red, sparkling? California, Chilean, French, German, Italian, Spanish? Chardonnay or Sauvignon blanc? Merlot or Pinot or burgundy? What the heck is shiraz? $10 or $50? Oh, geez, look at the specialty beers over there. Someone starts trying to help you: Do you like a sweet wine or dry? Something full-bodied? Imagine the look on your face.

Some people know they are headed to the wine store and so they do lots of research before they go. They read up about the different wines and the qualities that differentiate them. They look up expert ratings  and recommendations. They take notes and make lists and even spreadsheets. They go to some wine tastings.

And other people are like: for god's sake just give me a decent bottle and get me the heck out of here.

This is what I think the college search is like. And some kids just want someone to tell them what some decent bottles are.[/quote]

[b]This is really really good advice[/b].[/quote]

? I missed it What is the advice?[/quote]
The advice is to put yourself in their shoes by imagining/remembering how it must feel to be confronted with a big decision, lots of choices, and little information.  Your response as a parent might change.[/quote]

but the kid doesn't want to talk about it. Why do you assume an overabundance of choices is the reason for this?  I doubt that has anything to do with it at all.  Maybe he doesn't even want to[b] buy wine.[/b]   (He may not even care if he goes to college)
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he better not. he is only HS junior!  :) [/quote]

so are you is my guess[/quote]

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