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[quote=Anonymous]OP, your post makes me very sad.  Maybe you need to step back and look at your comments about her.  My mom did the same thing you did.  My sibling was the "smart" one.. the one who would succeed and I would not amount to much.  She got sent to the ivy and I went to a small private school (at my mom's insistence that I hated and then transferred to a large university that I loved).  My mom pegged me as not doing much as school was a struggle.  She helped some, but if she had really focused on my needs instead of her wishes it would have helped.  Needless to say, I found a major I liked, did very well in college and graduate school.  Came out, got good jobs (in a low paying field but that is what I choose), met and married an amazing husband and we have a terrific kid.  You don't know what special needs is till you have one.  My child is true special needs so I stayed home with him to make sure he gets everything he needs in terms of therapy and attention.  Consider your daughter a blessing and don't rule out her potential.  If she were in the right school with the right supports, she may thrive.  Online school without a lot of help is not the best choice for someone struggling.  She needs a lot of hands on/showing rather than lecturing and memorizing.  I'd look at one of the social services/helping professions.  Many require papers, not tests for the specific classes.  On the other hand, my sibling did well at her ivy league but took an easy/well paying job in the field (9-5 where most work twice that much) and has never married - a few long term relationships and is not happy at all without marriage or a child.  So, in the end, which is better?  Now I have a great husband who makes enough where we live comfortably and not lavishly and my mom denies all the things she said about me after my husband called her on it and we even walked out of a holiday meal after she/sibling was being so vicious about it.

Look at her current school choice, look at getting more supportive services and change your attitude.[/quote]

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