Is it irresponsible and selfish to bring a child into this world right now?
I asked myself this question just the other day. I have a 4 month old girl and I was just thinking about how crap the world is at the moment and what sort of life she might have. I wouldnt say it is irresponsible or selfish, since im neither of those things but I would say its unfair. The world has changed and is quickly becoming a more dangerous and boring place. There is no fun these days, seems like there is a rule and law for everything, political correctness gone mad, environment is getting screwed, wars between, countries, races and religions, housing market is crap, wages are crap and more stress put upon young people than ever before. I think people with kiddies now have to do an extra good job of parenting or their kids really arnt gonna make it in this world, Seems to be survival of the fitest.- poor buggers
Why am I so lazy and irresponsible?
Well you do sound slightly depressed with a thought like that "nothing for me to look forward to in a day is my first thought" Don't you look forward to learning and just meeting a new day? Sometimes depression is a state of mind, so try to change your thoughts and find something positive about each day and a reason for waking up in the morning. I think if you suffer from low self esteem it just increases your depression too. The neat thing about life is you never know what the day with bring. If you just see everyday as the same then of course you won't see anything positive because your just focussing on the routine. There's always something exciting in a day. I think it's hard to be motivated too when your going through College because you feel like there is so much on your plate that you can't keep up with everything that is going on. I know I have felt that felt and I have definately felt down but I always tell myself it will get better.
Was my mom an irresponsible parent?
I'm 22 now but I was just thinking about how my mom raised me. She's always told me she loves me and gives me loads of hugs (this hasn't changed), even when I was small I was spoilt rotten and she rarely said no to me. But growing up, I potty trained myself, I weaned myself off my bottle, she never encouraged me to brush my teeth I had to learn that myself, we never had set dinner times, if I was hungry I used to tell her and then she'd make me dinner, breakfast or whatever. I only went to bed when I was tired, not when she wanted me to go to bed. I pretty much did what I wanted... despite all that I'd like to think I haven't grown up to become a horrible or selfish person, which in hindsight I'm surprised about. But do you think my mother was a bad, irresponsible (or something else) parent? *note about my father... he never intervened in my life growing up at all even though he lives with us, he left everything to my mother. He was around, but never knew how to be a father to a small child. As I'm an adult now we have a great relationship. Also, I'm an only child as well, my mother had a difficult birth with me (I nearly died, as well as she) but she desperately wanted a child.
I screwed Up Freshman & Sophomore Year;Do I Have Any Shot at College?
I will be entering Junior year and my GPA is extremely low,because I screwed up my freshman and sophomore year of High School.My best friend is in IB and said she would make sure I stop procrastinating(which is my issue,i'm not stupid,it isn't that I don't get the stuff,I procrastinate).I feel so stupid for screwing up my fresh & soph year,I feel dumb and irresponsible.Currently my GPA is 1.7,but I WILL raise it,I swear,I want to go to college,that is my goal,I know I screwed up and probably can't make amends for it but I want to at least try.I'll be entering my junior year when school starts.Help?Advice?I talked to my counselor and she said it is definitely possible to raise my GPA because of the honors classes and 1 IB class I will be taking next year....Help?Advice?If I were to do good on SAT & ACT & write a very good essay & definitely get my ranks & GPA up,would I stand a chance? I understand I made mistakes,please,don't ridicule me for that,just any knowledge? Ok,so I wrote this about University of Texas,but someone on here already told me I have no chance of UT Austin,so now I'm talking about SMU or Texas Tech...Do I have a chance at either?Cause I have some really dumb friends who had extremely low GPA's,failed classes left and right,did no community service and were not involved in school and got into SMU????Help??? Even though someone on here told me I have no chance at UT,I still plan on applying and I already contacted the admissions counselor & the admissions counselor at SMU...Any chance???