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my parents want me to, but i don't.
to make a long story short, i was accepted into this very prestigious summer course where you take classes at a local college for 5 weeks. i go to a competitive private school, and of the 50 or so who applied, they only picked 5 people to participate, and i was one of the people picked (my parents made me apply). however, i don't really want to go to it because it will be 5 weeks of my summer taken up along with 3 weeks in europe, so i'll only have 2 weeks at home (and i want more than that!). i also just don't want to do school work during the summer!! for me, the summer is time for me to hang out with my friends and boyfriend, and for me to seriously ride and compete on my horse. it's also a chance to make some money so i can afford gas for driving. the problem is, if i tell my parents i don't want to do it, they'll FLIP. they'll tell me this will help me get into good colleges, and that i'm wasting a great opportunity. i'm very stubborn about not wanting to go though. what do you guys think i should do? bite my tongue and go? or not go and have them hate me? any ideas?
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please try to look at it as a great oppertunity. (one summer i went to florida.. which i live onthe west coast and i went to yellow stone and i went to oregon.. i had about a week of summer at home... i missed my other friends so much but now i talk about it and if i was at home id probably been sitting on my butt cause all of my friends are budy doing things or out and about traveling.) it might suck looking at it now but you will have a lot mroe to talk about when you are a senior.. anyways i hope you do it i did college my junior year along with high school and i loved the experince.. and i dotn think your parents will hate you i think that they might be dissapointed that you didnt take an oppertnity like that.
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Maybe you could do something else to make your parents happy and still stay home for the summer. Apply for a part-time job or do volunteer work. Those are good things to help you get into college too. You could also promise to read so many books over the summer.
You need your summer to unwind and relax before hitting the books again in the fall. I'm sure that as long as you are mature with them about it, I'm sure a reasonable compromise can be reached.
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You should sit them down and tell them to listen to what you have to say before saying how much they hate your decision. Tell them that you wil have your chance at college and you are looking forward to that, but right now is your chance to be a teenager, and you want to take advantage of that. This will be your last summer before you graduate and explain to them that it's important that you have fun and don't just buckle down in school. And make sure that you tell them how much you appreciate them wanting the best for you, because they sound like good parents. Good luck!
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