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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 04:35 PM
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What do you give someone who is having a HS graduation party....
....but dropped out sophomore year, and was failing all her classes?

I kid you not.

She and her mother moved out of state two years ago and neither lawfully home schooled nor enrolled her in high school in new location.

Now they are having a graduation party in the previous town for family and friends. Most people don't know that she wasn't actually being schooled.

For some reason, this galls me.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 04:37 PM
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1. Politely decline the invitation.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 04:42 PM
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2. I'd like to.
Family member.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 04:59 PM
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3. Oh, then that's easy - "I'm sorry, but I'm stuck on the can with the shits."
Or some variation of that.
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 05:01 PM
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4. a book?
It's hard to think of things even when there aren't circumstances like yours.

We have former friends sending us invites/announcements, neighbors we aren't all that close to, etc. Maybe a card is sufficient but sometimes you feel compelled to give a gift.

I'm no help! Sorry. :)
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 06:32 PM
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6. Excellent idea! And the card can say something like "This was a favorite of mine in
high school, but I'm afraid many schools don't teach it anymore..." :)
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ohnoyoudidnt Donating Member (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:44 AM
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10. +1 nt
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 06:01 PM
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5. Beer
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 07:00 PM
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7. An application to get her GED.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 02:34 PM
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12. +1
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 06:27 PM
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13. An application to McDonalds?
:shrug:
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oneshooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 07:12 PM
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8.  Asprin and a glass of water ( the next day) n/t
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 09:14 AM
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9. I'd say an invite to run for the GOP in 2036.Could be an intellectual over there.
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 10:25 AM
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11. A picture of your weiner, perhaps
Everybody's doing it, according to GD ..

:hi:

Bake
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-11 09:43 AM
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14. well you don't have to go to a Chinese Medicine shop for bear gall
Edited on Fri Jun-03-11 09:44 AM by Kali
because they sure have enough! :wow:

My sympathies to you for having to deal with relatives like this. (shaking my head)


edit: maybe there is a nice book on ethics in life you could give?
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-11 09:55 AM
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15. Did she get her GED?
If so, send or bring money, just as you would
for a regular graduate.

School is NOT for everyone.

2 of my brothers got GED's, and they
are both gainfully employed today.
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-11 10:16 AM
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16. if she didn't at least get her GED, it sounds like a scheme to get money
Edited on Fri Jun-03-11 10:16 AM by charlie and algernon
I agree with Passingfair and if she got her GED, then treat it like a normal graduation.

If she didn't and just sat at home the last two years, it sounds like it might be a scheme to get money. When I graduated HS I got enough money from relatives to cover books for class with some left over for spending money freshman year
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zen_bohemian Donating Member (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-11 04:53 PM
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17. Did she get a GED??
If she did actually graduate, then 10.00 in a card will do
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