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I’m in a extremely hard situation right now and I desperately need advice?

Posted by admin in Uncategorized on May 11, 2010

My 9 year old cousin (Drake) is currently living with my husband and I. His Mother (she’s my cousin to) is back in rehab for her crack cocaine addiction she was court ordered to give Drake up. His Father was shot and killed 4 years ago. The only other option was he either came to live with me or he went into foster care and I didn’t want him to go into foster care so I took him in. I’m only 24 years old and my husband is 29. No one else in my family would take my cousin because he’s known to get out of hand at times and to be honest, I really don’t think they care what happens to him.

I need some advice on a couple of things…. Every night before bed I get all of Drakes stuff together for school the next day. I put $4.00 in an envelope in his backpack for lunch. I leave at 5 am during the week for work and my husband puts Drake on the bus. I was doing laundry last night and I found $85 in Drakes pants. I asked him where he got the money from and he said his friend told him he could have it. I didn’t say anything else and when he went to bed I asked my husband what he thought about it and he said that he gives Drake $5.00 everyday for lunch because Drake asks him for lunch money. I told my husband that I already give him money. I’m assuming that this is the money he’s been making off of my husband so I took it. I have not spent it but I’m not going to give it back to him due to the fact that he’s been lying about needing money. I have also decided to start making him lunches so he doesn’t need money during the day. This is not the first time he has lied to us. He stole some of my fake jewelry about a month ago and sold it to another kid at the park. I got it back but he lied about the whole thing.

I received a phone call at work today and Drake allegedly touched a girls private area while playing and then proceeded to punch her in the face when she wouldn’t play along. He’s being suspended for 10 days starting tomorrow. I spoke to the school psychologist and he said Drake needs counseling for everything he’s been through. I agree but we already tried going to counseling and he was literally mute at every visit. How on earth do I handle this? Where do I go? Who do I talk to?

Thank you in advance for any advice.

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Desperately need some advice concerning how the hell I’m going to get into college…?

Posted by admin in Uncategorized on February 13, 2010

I began high school in the state of Florida. I had a 3.3 GPA in both 9th and 10th grade. In 11th, I transferred to an Environmental and Biomedical Science “Magnet Program”. I took AP US History, AP Environmental Science, and AP English Language and Composition. My remaining classes were honors/gifted classes. My grades were decent, but I couldn’t pull above a 3.4 because of my previous years. Regardless, I had As in all of my AP classes, and was doing fine in everything but math, which is expected. Unfortunately, about 3-quarters of the way through the year, I struggled with bulimia and had to go to a rehabilitation center, which prohibited me from going to school. When I got out, I was told that I would receive no credit from the school because the credits were ANNUAL, not BI-ANNUAL. They told me I’d have to take 11th grade over. I moved to Washington State; just a family situation. Upon enrollment to my new school, they told me that even without the credits from my 11th grade year, I still had enough credits to be able to be a senior, and that I’d meet the graduation requirements this year. Pretty sure this is because high school in Florida is 9th-12th, and high school in Washington is 10th-12th. Anyways, they placed me in terrible classes and REFUSE to switch me out. Something to do with attendance. They have me in Chemistry, Algebra 2…classes that I’ve practically already taken, and that look absolutely horrible on a transcript. They could at least throw in some honors and AP classes! I have the option of graduating as is, or possibly taking my 11th grade year over. Problem #2: If I decide to take 11th over, they still won’t move me into AP classes, because of the attendance issue. If I’m going to go to school for two more goddamn years I want it to get me into a good college.

I’d ideally like to get into a state college, do well, and transfer after two years. I want to get into a good graduate school for Biology, and pursue a PhD in Evolutionary and Sociobiology.

I have high hopes. I’m a smart girl. I messed it up for myself. Does anybody have some brilliant plan to get me out of this mess? Or at least some advice on what to do?

My email address is:

damndelions@yahoo.com

Thanks!
To LD: Thank you, great idea. But would you recommend retaking the 11th grade, or going forward without it? I think that emphasizing that I decided to go to school for another year when I could have easily graduated would only add to the impact. Easier said than done, of course.

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