The willful child
Oy vey. More stepfamily shit.
Jessica was basically kicked out of Brandon High School for academic behavioral issues. She then went to East Dakota in Sioux Falls. This is where they send Brandon kids with such issues. She missed too much school and was kicked out of there. Today she was scheduled to do testing at Joe Foss, the school for kids not succeeding in Sioux Falls Schools. She purposefully failed those tests. Brian is ready to kill her. She wants what she wants when she wants it.
South Dakota passed a law stating that kids have to stay in school until they are 18. At Joe Foss, they told Brian that they just had a parent arrested because the kid wasn't in school. According to Joe Foss, she will have to go to Lincoln High unless Brandon accepts her as their student again. Brian just did the paperwork to have her transferred to the Sioux Falls district to go to Joe Foss. Jessica is refusing to go to Lincoln. I think she would enjoy seeing Brian in jail. She could have the house to herself and all her friends over. Volunteers of America has a program for GEDs that is free for kids from out of town schools. That is the only thing she is agreeing to do. We don't know yet, if Brandon will accept her back. If so, they may not agree to the GED thing. Schools get money for students enrolled in their district. She may not have a choice.
With her record, having been in DOC custody, if she is placed in JDC, she will likely go back into DOC custody. This would be good for Brian. He is tired of her crap. She said she wants to go into the service, but according to a phone call Brian made this morning, they do not accept GEDs. The only way they will accept this is if she goes into their GED program.
Last night I brought up Jessica World. This is the world where she can get a job easily, go somewhere where she doesn't have to work to get her GED and can do whatever she wants. I was trying to get her to nail down what she wants to do. She will be 18 in July and should be thinking about this. She got mad and asked why I was asking all these questions. She has always had people covering for her. Brian and I have always worked harder than she has to get her through school. Brandon allowed her to pass to the next grade without failing her from the time she was small. There would have been some social consequences if that happened, but it seemed necessary. Yet, it never happened. She is working right now at about a 5th grade level if that.
This is where it is.
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Does she have any goals at all?
That's what I was trying to find out. I think the verdict is not really. Just to get out of here. Move away. Get her own place. She said she is planning on moving in with a friend. I told her that was nice that she has a friend that will support her. She said that she is going to get a job. I asked her how and told her she is competing with people with diplomas and who are mature. It isn't easy. She said she wants to got into the service. Brian got a call back from the recruiter saying they no longer have GED programs, and will not accept anything but a high school diploma. All in all, she is angry with the facts. Now we are waiting to hear if she is still considered a Brandon student. If she isn't then Lincoln is her only option. If she refuses to go, she will be arrested and sent away.
Narcissism? If so, the chance of positive change is near zero. Also, the probability of combustion of those who care is near 100%.
I prefer optimism, but sometimes it is not realistic.
With her temper tantrums and refusal to go to school I think her best goal right now would be survival.
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