hi everyone, this is my first post so please bear with me for what will most likely turn into a long post (sorry)
my dd21 is in her final term at university completeing a law degree, and recieved her 100% essay marks back yesterday. However she has not done as well as she hoped and will graduate with a 3rd overall and no longer qualifies for a place on the LPC course she wanted to do in September.
dd lives at home and so myself and my husband are able to see how hard she works and occassionally help her if she has problems. she struggles with dyslexia quite badly and has found the whole course an incredible challenge and has fought tooth and nail to stay on the course, which we are of course proud of. she has a very supportive group of friends and they go out once a fortnight so its not that she can blame too much socialising on her poor grade.
she is completely heartbroken and upset that she works so hard and still hasnt done well enough. she managed to get a meeting with the careers advisory service yesterday and they told her that she would be able to go for shop and supermarket jobs, which depressed her even more. i am finding it absolutely heart breaking having to sit and watch her beat herself up about it and even though we are proud of her for sticking with the degree and completing it, i am at a loss at how to best comfort and advise her.
if anyone else has been in a similar situation themselves i would love to hear how it worked out for you or your dc's.
thanks, hotpinkmama
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