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The other day I had a conversaton that I have a feeling many of you have had and I will have again. A friend told me that he intended to get into medical school.
The problem is that he has less chance of getting in than Barney Frank has of winning a conservative republican primary in Mississippi. He flunked out of Community College once, went one semester to another CC in another state and withdrew from all of those classes. Conversation with him is difficult because he can't express any interesting opinions and on top of all of this, he has a problem with his temper in stressful situations.
Don't get me wrong, these are his bad points. He has good points and I would like to retain his friendship, so I didn't tell him that he had no chance. I just told him the path that he needed to follow and acted like he could do all of this. I suggested an LPN path, since that would at least get him some income soon.
What do you all do in these cases?
The problem is that he has less chance of getting in than Barney Frank has of winning a conservative republican primary in Mississippi. He flunked out of Community College once, went one semester to another CC in another state and withdrew from all of those classes. Conversation with him is difficult because he can't express any interesting opinions and on top of all of this, he has a problem with his temper in stressful situations.
Don't get me wrong, these are his bad points. He has good points and I would like to retain his friendship, so I didn't tell him that he had no chance. I just told him the path that he needed to follow and acted like he could do all of this. I suggested an LPN path, since that would at least get him some income soon.
What do you all do in these cases?