My second son screwed off in catholic high school and his guidance counselor called me and said he wasn’t going to be able to get into a competitive college. She was very irate and seemed to expect me to get involved & get him in somewhere. I said those are his grades, the ones he earned, and he will get into the school that he earned.
He got into Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Graduated and was still cocky. One year of working for a series of selling jobs and he was ready to hear my advice. He went back for his masters in Business, he had to petition the Dean of the business school. Now he has been out for 5 years and has just landed his dream job on wall street after 5 years in an analytics company.
If I had listed to the guidance counselor and bribed his way or twisted the arms of acquaintances he never would be where he is today. He learned the lessons, did the work, sent out the hundred resumes. I’m proud of him.
My second son screwed off in Catholic high school and his guidance counselor called me
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College was ‘never’ in my sights, I knew I was going to join USMC asap so when I left Catholic School for Public School in 1953(after 9th grade) the Nun that taught Latin told me if I promised to not even think of taking Latin II that she would give me a sufficient grade in Latin I.
So, in effect, the good Sister ‘bribed’ me so as not to make HER look bad..<: <: <:
She did say she did it because she KNEW I worked hard at it and did make a good attempt..
Best part (at the time) that passing grade in Latin I at a Catholic School met NY States language class requirements so I didn’t have to take French or Spanish.
Like Dan Quayle was overheard saying when he was visiting Latin America he had wished he paid more attention to the Nuns in Latin class....(He took almost as big a hit for that ‘joke’ as he did for potato(e))
JayGalt, what an inspiring story about your son! Congratulations to both of you! Well done, Dad!