[blueerica]

Oh, and yes - tell him to not be like some of the people in my class that did all the work in HS only to drop out in the last year or halfway through the last. They may have finished their GED, but few ever followed through on finding a better life for themselves. I'm sure they thought they were doing the right thing, but... as an observer it just felt like they were throwing all that hard work away.

Also, from your perspective - though things are fine now, were things ever difficult because of your circumstances, Nephy? I always think of my mom who dropped out in her senior year (she was on her way to becoming Valedictorian before meeting some guy), did some classes, and who has had many a 'hard time' that I wonder could have been prevented had she just went the extra step...