His older brother turned down a full ride through one of the biggest colleges in Massachusettes. I can understand where he's coming from but I didn't do so well in school, I joined the military and I love my job. I didn't have to have straight A's... but I had to graduate. This kid is smart, he has potential to do anything he wants in life, he's just getting discouraged by stress. Things he shouldn't worry about. I'm his legal guardian but I am not his father. Their family has a certain "Standard" that has been passed down. Try to out do your father. He has to be better than the badest motherfucker above him. That's hard because I know my kid Jr and I know his father. I'm thinking maybe switching to day shift and working while he's at school, then seeing if during the summer he'd be willing to go to night school during summer vacation. It's worth talking about, but thank you for your advice, I'm sure I'll bring that up.

I also thought about taking him to the unemployment office in the early mornings. It's rather depressing how many homeless people stand outside their door. Maybe if he sees what could happen to him if he doesn't have an education he could recover. Or I could just have a whole squad of drill instructors come to my house and eat him up. I don't think he'd like that, but it'd scare the shit out of him and scare the modivation back in. Haha.

Thanks again Jordyn