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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Wow! So many of you have drunk the 'competitive' Kool-aid. My job is to help my kids find their passion and ensure they're educated - and education isn't just found in school. I have no doubt my kids will be successful at whatever they decide to pursue. They may not be the best but they'll be happy.

I am the above "poverty poster." It has nothing to with "drinking the koolaid" and everything to do with facing reality. I don't care where my kids go to college or what career path they choose. [b]I do care that they do not squander their high school years and close off their options before they are mature enough to even realize that they have options[/b]. They have plenty of time for extracurriculars of their choice and plenty of down time, but screwing around and [b]closing doors by not doing their best academically[/b] (and that is different for each of my kids based upon their abilities) is not an option. Neither DH nor I had a safety net. Had we not be motivated to do our best as kids, we should still be ultra poor like our families. My kids can chose that life after they leave our home, but [b]we are not choosing it for them by allowing them to close doors before they have ever had a chance to be opened[/b]. If you think it is easy to make a life correction then you are the one drinking the koolaid.[/quote]

You've not only drunk the Kool-aid but also have poverty anxiety.  You think things kids do or don't do in high school will limit their opportunities forever.  I get your fear but your perception is warped and unhealthy.[/quote]. Spoken with the obnoxious smugness of someone who had a safety net and never had to worry if they were going to have a roof over their head or a meal in their belly. [/quote]

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