She Feels That Her Mom Cheated Her Out Of An Education And Is The Reason She Has To Drop Out Of College
A young woman in college grew up homeschooled by her mom starting when she reached kindergarten and ending when she hit her senior year of high school.
Her mom’s version of homeschooling was sitting her down at the dining room table and giving her some school books to go through.
She had to sit there from 8 in the morning until 6 or 7 in the evening, and she says that she had “little to no help” with any of her school work.
She also then only got to participate in extracurricular activities in her teen years.
“With this all said, I did not meet the requirements for graduation but was deemed graduated in 2015 by my mom because she didn’t want to deal with my senior year while we were homeless,” she explained.
“This has created SO many problems for me now, the most notable ones being that I have autism and quite possibly ADHD with no formal diagnosis (I was sight diagnosed by a guidance counselor at a school for kids with special needs and disabilities at prom) and the fact that I do not have much more than a 4th-grade education as a whole because my mother did not properly school me.”
She still isn’t sure how to put together a presentation, or write a college paper, or give a speech in front of her whole class.
She also has looked into trying to get formally diagnosed with ADHD or autism, yet it’s been too expensive for her to do that.
Since she could not get a diagnosis, her college could not provide her with any extra help. She then recently had her financial aid revoked, as her GPA fell beneath 2.0 and she’s looking at having to drop out of college completely.
Evgenia – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purpose only, not the actual person
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She has brought it up to her mom that she’s dropping out, but her mom was silent in response, before mentioning that she will “figure it out.”
She feels angry, she feels hurt, and she feels that her mom cheated her out of a proper education and is the reason why she has had such a hard time in college.
She wants to confront her mom and tell her that she feels that she is responsible for her failures, before going no or low contact.
“I just want the woman responsible for the mess to be held accountable,” she added. “It really hurts that she couldn’t even say anything about it. No “what can I do to help” no apologies, nothing.”
She’s wondering if it would be mean of her to let her mom know all of this. Do you think she should sit down and have a conversation with her mom about everything?
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