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la petite moi · 02-03-2005, 12:14 PM

So, here's the deal:

I'm still living at home for another year. I share a room with my sister (who is messy, rude/curses, and spends money like crazy). She is obsessed with playing her guitar and loves fashion, which she hopes to go into. She wants to become a fashion designer, and despite my many warnings that she will not get into a good fashion school with her grades, she continues to goof off. She has been recently using up my mother's plane mileage to travel to my uncle's to record her guitar playing, but hasn't gotten ANY gigs or let anyone in a higher spot listen to her music. In other words, she's going nowhere with her music either. My dad gave both of us 500$ for Christmas, and she's already thrown it away, mostly. (Just saw a receipt for 67$ in Urban Outfitters accessories, there are 5$/10$ bills all over the floor of our room, and she told me she was buying a new bathing suit from Victoria's Secret.)

My parents are at their wits end with my sister, and so I've become their only hope (I am in college with a 3.89 GPA and 16 units this semester; I'm a freshman and I already have 27.5 units completed). I don't really want all the responsibility put on my shoulders, since I'm already stressed out with college, work (my sister doesn't have her license or a job and just turned 17) and a long distance relationship with nwlinkvxd.

So I just found out that my sister (junior in high school) is missing 37.5 units that she should already have, has a 1.5 GPA, and is now on probation with the school for truancy (and must serve community service time at the Goodwill store here). I WANT her to do well. She needs help. All she does is play her guitar, play with friends, play with clothes, and NEVER finishes her homework. I wish I could motivate her without her screaming profanities at me and telling me to piss off.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?!

02-03-2005, 12:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
la petite moi Filling the Void. Location: California	My sister is failing high school; what should I do?! So, here's the deal: I'm still living at home for another year. I share a room with my sister (who is messy, rude/curses, and spends money like crazy). She is obsessed with playing her guitar and loves fashion, which she hopes to go into. She wants to become a fashion designer, and despite my many warnings that she will not get into a good fashion school with her grades, she continues to goof off. She has been recently using up my mother's plane mileage to travel to my uncle's to record her guitar playing, but hasn't gotten ANY gigs or let anyone in a higher spot listen to her music. In other words, she's going nowhere with her music either. My dad gave both of us 500$ for Christmas, and she's already thrown it away, mostly. (Just saw a receipt for 67$ in Urban Outfitters accessories, there are 5$/10$ bills all over the floor of our room, and she told me she was buying a new bathing suit from Victoria's Secret.) My parents are at their wits end with my sister, and so I've become their only hope (I am in college with a 3.89 GPA and 16 units this semester; I'm a freshman and I already have 27.5 units completed). I don't really want all the responsibility put on my shoulders, since I'm already stressed out with college, work (my sister doesn't have her license or a job and just turned 17) and a long distance relationship with nwlinkvxd. So I just found out that my sister (junior in high school) is missing 37.5 units that she should already have, has a 1.5 GPA, and is now on probation with the school for truancy (and must serve community service time at the Goodwill store here). I WANT her to do well. She needs help. All she does is play her guitar, play with friends, play with clothes, and NEVER finishes her homework. I wish I could motivate her without her screaming profanities at me and telling me to piss off. WHAT SHOULD I DO?!