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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone needs vacation. Working nonstop through the high school and then internship is not good for her mental or physical health.[/quote]

Yes, everyone does need a vacation. That's one reason why there are vacations built into the school year: Thanksgiving, Christman, Spring Break, etc. Summer vacation is one of them, too. Some kids may make the choice to give up vacation time for something else they want. That's fine.

Not every student can or will want to do that. That's fine.

Some kids may be very bright but have other priorities -- including family vacation -- so they cannot or will chose not to do that for given stretches of vacation time. That's fine.

Some kids may be very bright but have other priorities -- including mental or physical health needs -- so they cannot or will chose not to do that for given stretches of vacation time. That's fine.

It's not fine to promise to show up and do something, when you know you won't, especially not when another person who applied for the slot might have shown up. That's not being jealous -- it's both common courtesy and being a decent person.

That's also not reliant on whether someone was or was not counting on the work being done. Really, it would have been inappropriate if she agreed to show up at a garden party knowing that she wouldn't bacause she would be out of town. If you can only accept an invitation conditionally, then you are clear about the conditions up front.

Respect, common courtesy, being a grownup and a decent person.

If your priorities won't let you accept an invitation without conditions, and you do not want to make that clear from the get-go, then you decline the invitation with regrets.

This isn't hard. It has nothing to do with being a special snowflake or not. This is Life 101.[/quote]

You sound crazy. [/quote]

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