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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like the son of a friend of mine. Very lazy in high school. Failed the first college he attended with all D in every class. Went back home and suddenly declared he wanted to become a doctor. Went to community college, went to med school, and is now becoming an emergency doctor.[/quote] Lol. That's a 1 in 1,000,000 anecdote.[/quote] Not necessarily "1 in 1,000,000 ". There are probably hundreds if not thousands of similar anecdotes, and I can pull a couple from my own extended family. But as parents, our childrens' grades are our best/most/available gauge for success _in the moment_ ... . I wonder how many of the parents in these anecdotes were accepting of their children's failures at the time? I know that in my family, there was much wringing of hands and furrowing of brows, to say the least. But Now the high school drop outs are all doing very well! [/quote]
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