update on College Kid
Dec. 22nd, 2025 08:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alicevangelineHi -
It was touch and go because Ty indeed forgot and/or panicked about exams, but he passed all his classes, I think? With 3 Ds and a B+. I'm watching the grades website and think it's the final info.
(I think he was confused about the schedule/wasn't paying attention, then didn't ask for help, then when it was time to do makeups he couldn't deal with it or something? Or just prioritized his modding work.)
When I picked him up on Friday, though, he was asking about 'is it really too late?' yeah, dude. Probably, but email your stuff anyway. He seems to actually care and he wanted to do a DoOver because he knows he could do better (which is honestly a promising sign), and IDK how to thread that needle so I said 'it's ok to feel kinda bad about it, but don't like, let it totally bring you down'.
First semester of college, and Ty being Ty, I'm both super proud of him and also agree with him that he coulda done better! I'll try to shuffle that into 'what might you do next semester so it goes more smoothly?' (Also, apparently he does the work well enough, WITH HELP, that he can scrape by and pass the class without even taking the final. ) His old case manager pointed out a while back that he is still pretty young, and I was like, yeah but I was 17 in college too, and she said, no i mean, he's young for his age (and I was not).
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I had promised we'd get the family a Switch 2 if he passed classes, so he could use it on breaks and borrow the switch one. Well, the five hundred dollar price tag is making me cringe pretty hard (for some reason I was thinking $400), so I talked about getting a refurbed switch one (or OLED) which is about 300 or less, meg and dan are on board, but ty is like, 'what's the point of having two of the same' and we explained the thing I just said. I don't want to back out from a promise though. So. Hm.
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Last thing - it's great to have him home! He and Meg have been gaming together without losing their tempers, and many giggles have occurred.
It was touch and go because Ty indeed forgot and/or panicked about exams, but he passed all his classes, I think? With 3 Ds and a B+. I'm watching the grades website and think it's the final info.
(I think he was confused about the schedule/wasn't paying attention, then didn't ask for help, then when it was time to do makeups he couldn't deal with it or something? Or just prioritized his modding work.)
When I picked him up on Friday, though, he was asking about 'is it really too late?' yeah, dude. Probably, but email your stuff anyway. He seems to actually care and he wanted to do a DoOver because he knows he could do better (which is honestly a promising sign), and IDK how to thread that needle so I said 'it's ok to feel kinda bad about it, but don't like, let it totally bring you down'.
First semester of college, and Ty being Ty, I'm both super proud of him and also agree with him that he coulda done better! I'll try to shuffle that into 'what might you do next semester so it goes more smoothly?' (Also, apparently he does the work well enough, WITH HELP, that he can scrape by and pass the class without even taking the final. ) His old case manager pointed out a while back that he is still pretty young, and I was like, yeah but I was 17 in college too, and she said, no i mean, he's young for his age (and I was not).
--
I had promised we'd get the family a Switch 2 if he passed classes, so he could use it on breaks and borrow the switch one. Well, the five hundred dollar price tag is making me cringe pretty hard (for some reason I was thinking $400), so I talked about getting a refurbed switch one (or OLED) which is about 300 or less, meg and dan are on board, but ty is like, 'what's the point of having two of the same' and we explained the thing I just said. I don't want to back out from a promise though. So. Hm.
---
Last thing - it's great to have him home! He and Meg have been gaming together without losing their tempers, and many giggles have occurred.