We learn our lessons the hard way
My teenage son is tasked with taking the trash to the dump. He’s usually pretty good about it, until he’s not. Last week he loaded the trash in his trunk, drove off, and then went somewhere other than the dump.
Can you see where I’m going with this? Yep, his decision to leave it in the trunk was a very bad one. In South Carolina, in 100* heat, with the windows closed, sitting in the garage. You think that boy will ever leave the trash in his trunk again? I can’t even walk past it without gagging.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.?. Poor kid.
I was thinking of making a group for parents of teens.
I have a social butterfly and chronically happy “live in the moment” high school senior. We are about to start the college application process. Her GPA is 2.9786. I’m scared.… ?
BeccaVa
Level 7
Aug 25, 2018
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I just created one. I was thing about it after posting this story. Ha! great minds think alike!
@helionoftroy what’s the name so I can join?
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IS that a good GPA score? Just curious what the GPA system is like in the US.
Okay I read that she is average and she needs to be aiming for a 3.5-4.0 as a college applicant... there is still time for her and her extracurriculars may be factored in as well as her SAT results.
Vinegar and sunshine usually work. Good luck. May have to remove any carpet
Freespirit64
Level 8
Aug 25, 2018
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Blech. Kids are stubborn. Maybe dump a bottle of febreeze in there (after the garbage is out).
Butterflywndr
Level 5
Aug 24, 2018
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He got a can of ozone stuff. It worked for a minute but as soon as he got back in after an hour it still stunk.
@trblemaker there was plastic lining the trunk, because you know it’s being used to haul trash, that may have saved the carpet in the trunk. I don’t know because I don’t want to open the trunk.
It is a prolific few that are able to heed advice and learn from other's mistakes. Often, the best lesson is one's own experience and its reaping -I agree. This is a realm of consequence for which our fore-brains are well evolved to anticipate. I myself experience anticipatory regret sometimes because I know I will reap negativity and pursue it anyways for the moments benefit.
MortalsWrath
Level 4
Aug 24, 2018
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Glad it's his car not yours I'm betting.
rogueflyer
Level 8
Aug 24, 2018
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Oh I don’t ever use my car to haul garbage to the dump.
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