He No Longer Wants To Pay For His Stepdaughter To Go To College And Become A Doctor Because Her Grades Aren’t Good And He Thinks He’s Just Wasting His Money
A man has been married to his wife for 10 years, and she has since then become a stay-at-home wife.
Although they do not have children together, his wife does have a daughter named Sarah from a prior relationship.
Now, he has always gotten along well with Sarah the majority of the time that Sarah has been in his life.
Sarah is currently in her junior year of college, and she’s majoring in biology. Sarah is also taking other classes that medical school requires, as she wants to ultimately become a doctor.
“She’s had a dream of being a doctor and helping people since her mom and I met,” he explained.
“The problem is she’s not a very good student. She’s failed her biology 1 class and had to retake it to get a B. She really struggled in her next-level biology class and finished with a C. She also got a C in her chemistry class.”
As for calculus, Sarah took 2 different classes and only managed a B in each of those. For Sarah’s classes that don’t involve science or math, she does get straight As.
He recently found out that for Sarah’s current semester, she’s only going to get Cs or Bs in her math and science classes.
“I’m not a doctor, and I don’t know any doctors, but I did online research,” he said. “I found out that medical schools require many things, but at the top of the list, there is a high GPA and top grades in science and math classes. With Sarah’s grades, she’s not getting into any medical school. I even looked into nursing school to see if I can talk her into going that route and all the ones I looked at require higher grades than what she has.”
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He decided to sit down with his wife to address Sarah’s grades, and his wife maintained that when Sarah does apply to medical school, she has a good shot of getting in since medical schools don’t just care about grades; she says they will care about other things that Sarah is good at.
Sarah clearly cares about others, and she volunteers a lot, so his wife believes this will set her apart and her grades won’t matter as much.
He argued back that grades really do matter, and Sarah is just not cutting it. After getting nowhere with his wife, though, he thought it could be good to speak to Sarah.
Sarah recently came back home for Thanksgiving, and he suggested that she start looking at different majors as it seems she might not be able to make it as a doctor.
“She ran to her mom, and we all got into a huge argument,” he continued. “I admit I lost my temper and yelled I’m not wasting any more money on something she’ll fail at. I told them both I’m not paying for next semester’s classes unless she changes her major to something more realistic.”
“I feel bad, I really do, but I’m not rich, and I don’t have money to waste if she doesn’t have a chance to get into medical school.”
Do you think it’s mean of him not to want to pay for Sarah to go to college since it seems she has a slim chance of ever becoming a doctor?
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