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[quote=Anonymous]The biggest concern is whether this slacker attitude towards college will translate into a slacker attitude towards life, including his post-collegiate career. What does he envision doing after he graduates college? Real life is not easy. It is very, very hard, as we all know.

The difficulty with using someone like Bush Jr or a cousin who received Cs in college but became a CEO is that they would have been proactive and eager in other areas of their life, demonstrating the ability to go and do things. Bush was a poor student but socially vibrant and active and engaging with people around him. He knew all about networking and boosterism. I know plenty of people who were C-averages in college but went into sales and blossomed but I could sense that even when they were college students.

It may be worthwhile to tell him he should withdraw for a year and spend that year working to get a taste of what the real world requires in terms of discipline if he ever wants to amount to something more than a retail clerk. Sometimes that can serve as a wake up call. [/quote]

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