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I feel like you're "college material," Ezra.

I bet there are plenty of scholarships for disabled students.

I bet you and your family could do the research necessary to find them.

I'm thinking, perhaps, that you could take a "gap year."

Both Prince William and Prince Harry took "gap years" before they continued their education.

@ASS-P: I'm confused about something.

Did you actually attend any of these colleges - State Univ of NY, Univ of Wisconsin Green Bay, and NYU, or did you fail trying to get into them?

My impression is that he did not get into those colleges.

I know that he went to at least one college, though.

Did you ever read the book about Temple Grandin's youth, Ezra, or see the movie starring Claire Danes? Temple's mother pushed her into college although Temple was very hesitant.

A gap year is not a bad plan, and another possibility is learning a marketable skill such as accounting. Although you might not see yourself as an accountant, having a credential or even just experience gives you many more choices in later life.

A lot of the "social life" associated with college is the administration's way of channeling crazy ideas and behaviors into football, dances, greek life, etc. so they don't all get pregnant, get married, and drop out. I guarantee you, the deans and department heads groan when they hear about the latest fraternity scandal on their campus. But a lot of that stuff is entirely incidental to having an educated and sophisticated brain. I don't actually think you'd be missing much by remote education - if you want to give it a try at some point.

And now we've hijacked the ASS-P thread into an Ezra thread, so let's toss this thing back to ASS-P. ASS-P, did you hear what has been said about the "college experience"?

College is really cool if you have the right class or professor.

I went to a "commuter college"---so I had none of the "college experience."

Yay! Success!

The Registrar from ASS-P's high school just called me. She told me she couldn't release his transcripts to me but if he emailed her she'll send them to him. She then gave me her email address which I passed on to ASS-P. Hopefully, he'll follow up on that soon.

...Briefly, I do want the education, I have tended to concentrate on the " experience ". in my talking here. I technically went to NYU for about 5 seconds, though I don't really count it . Whatever YT videos Ezra (I think) wanted me to watch, I believed they were clearly just things discouraging me from wanting to go to uni - That seemed to be already said verbally. It may be that my health, anyway, may make college undoable - There, is that " realistic " enough for you ? So the comment on my mother's comments/ actions to me I. 1978 mean that I DESERVED to come back home from cc and have her drunkenly scream at me - and say " I'm paying the bills! " when I pointed that out? A Nd put me away when she sobered up a little ? I have already thanked RR privately - even if I can never go, the transcripts could be a dream of what could have been .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!