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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you don't really say much about whether or not she's successful in school, just that she tested low average and isn't as amazingly smart like the rest of you.

1) what grade is she in
2) what courses is she taking (college prep or no? Any AP classes)
3) does she show any interest in college?
4) assuming you are in the DMV where is she in hs? Not the exact school but an idea (a W school, a hoco hs etc)
5) are you willing/could you be full pay at a lac?[/quote]

Geez, you were almost helpful here. Just saying that I have a high IQ, as do my parents, makes me boastful about being "amazingly smart?"
IQ is just fact, its not a judgment statement.

Argh.

She is 16, in 11th grade.  She is a C student at best.  She is in a college track set of courses at an online high school.  She wants to go to college, although (like many kids who want to go to college) much of her interest is social. 
She isn't in public high school.  
We can pay for some level of college. Not an Ivy, but that's not an issue.[/quote]

Me, again. I don't really appreciate the dig but I'm back for more. Could your daughter pass the ged?

If so, my strategy would be to put her in community college taking a very light load. Look for a cc with an articulation agreement with a four year school, so she could transfer easily. I would also put her in a cc in a lower col area (ie Frederick, Hagerstown - I am a MD person obviously but the same is true for VA -- don't enroll her in NOVA). The reason for this is you want her to graduate and be able to be self sufficient on that income. It will also put her in a less intense culture re: achievement. At 16, she can take years to get her Associate's while you both benefit from the supports cc offers. Re-evaluate along the way. Good luck!

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yeah, I didn't appreciate the dig either.
But thank you for the suggestion. I am sure she could pass the GED.  Comm College might be our solution.[/quote]

I'm sorry I bothered. If your daughter is the woman you say she is, I think you could learn a lot about eq from her. Good luck to both of you. [/quote]

wait, hold on...you take a serious dig at me with the whole "your daughter isn't as amazingly smart as you are", and that's fine...but when I don't even dig back, but just simply question your dig at me, now I have a low EQ? That's a really odd position to take, but if its your position, than I thank you as well for bothering to read my post.  I am not a rude person at all, and I just don't get where you are coming from. Perhaps its a mis read tone issue, on either one of our ends.[/quote]

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