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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read this and laughed my ass off. We have five kids - Three through college. One in college. One senior about to leave for college. Our oldest is 28 and married with a child.  He was a very mediocre student in high school and in  college.  He is a superstar in his career and has quickly passed his peers in both position and income.  And he is a great husband and father.

One of our kids was a National Merit Scholar who graduated from high school with a 4.45 GPA and from college summa cum laude with a 4.0.  She has a good job, but has struggled with anxiety issues and just general "adulting", for lack of a better term. She is doing well in her career, but is not super ambitious.

All of the kids are different.  Their academic success (or lack thereof) in high school did not corelate in any way to their success in their chosen careers. I'm not suggesting grades aren't important.  You need decent grades to get into a good college, assuming college is the plan.  However, to suggest that a student who makes Bs and Cs is just a "mediocre" kid is ri-damn-diculous and frankly shows a real lack of parenting ability on the part of mom and dad. If you can't see past a letter grade, you probably shouldn't be raising humans. [/quote]

PP I like you![/quote]

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