The Girl is less than two weeks away from beginning her first college concurrent enrollment class. I got a call this morning that she was lacking one more form to be completely ready to begin.
I feel so much pressure about getting her class schedule right. She will have opportunities to take college credit classes in high school as well as Advanced Placement classes that will count for college credit. I never had those chances as my high school didn't offer such things.
The Girl has her own plan in her head for what she wants to do in high school as well as what she would like to do--at least, as of right now--in college too. Her plan is unlike the other girls in our neighborhood and at church. As these girls get together for any reason I have heard derisive comments that The Girl "isn't doing it right" or is "making dumb mistakes" and making "lame choices".
I worry that this kind of peer pressure is too much for her to withstand. I am concerned that her wishes and desires regarding her class choices and collegiate ambitions and goals will crumble under the pressure of alternatives taken by her peers.
Here is where I am really hoping her stubbornness makes a stand. I know she has it in her.
As her mom, I am concerned that I get her signed up for the correct classes and lined up for the right programs that she will benefit from all she does from here on out. I feel like I know so little about what she needs that I am not much real help. I am learning as quickly as I can, but she is passing me by. Soon she will having things in her own hands and she'll be great.
I just hope I can keep up and not embarrass her.
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You KNOW she will do great...but the agonizing for you will continue because you love her so much. I hope she will stand up for her choices, but don't be too upset if her mind changes daily. "Sport" was always going to be a fireman. "Sosh" was always going to be a pilot. "Sci" never, ever could decide until now (at 30). You just point her the right direction with love (and keep your fingers crossed.) YOU are an excellent MOM!
As a mother of a daughter who already 'has things in her own hands' (and is both appreciative and angst-ridden at the fact...) I applaud The Girl and her 'lame choices', and suggest that you do as I did.....which is basically everything that Joan Penrod at the high school tells Sid to do. Bless her for being excellent at her job!
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