03-06-2011, 08:06 PM
Koos, Bob is just frustrated by the ping-pong thoughts of a young 'un! I have expressed the same frustration at least once (O.K., several times, right, Justin?) Others have also expressed their diminishing patience.
The deal is, we have all tried to explain in calm, rational, been-through-the-ringer as a fresh grad or newbie in the workforce and we have learned. But we are trying to reason from that vantage point with a young man of 17 years, who is at that stage in life where you become aware that the are more than merely the "This or That" choice so often offered by parents to their children.
Now, all of that said ...
Sit back in the chair! Take a long deep breath. Let it out very slowly, in a very long, slow controlled exhale.
Now, read back over the things that Stein Jr., Bob "Foul Rift," Tori Koos, some of the others and I have tried to convey to you. Think about what you read. For more that five minutes!! Now, because you are going to go off to college, chose a plan that will be:
A) Small enough to take with you.
B) Small enough to build and have electrically operational within a couple months (Keeping in mind that schoolwork in college will easily take two to three times as long to do as the stuff in high school.) Bear in mind also that you will have to discipline yourself to do the schoolwork, because no one else will care whether you do it or not ... don't do it and you fail ... it's as easy as that!
The railroad will take a back seat to college work, so a small one that will permit you to see even the smallest bit of progress will be a wise choice!
Now sit back, take that deep breath ....
The deal is, we have all tried to explain in calm, rational, been-through-the-ringer as a fresh grad or newbie in the workforce and we have learned. But we are trying to reason from that vantage point with a young man of 17 years, who is at that stage in life where you become aware that the are more than merely the "This or That" choice so often offered by parents to their children.
When I hit freshman year in college, the wide open freedom was overwhelming, my head was in 63 places all at once and I finished the year with a 1.25GPA!!!!!
Now, all of that said ...
Justin, do yourself a huge favor!
Sit back in the chair! Take a long deep breath. Let it out very slowly, in a very long, slow controlled exhale.
Now, read back over the things that Stein Jr., Bob "Foul Rift," Tori Koos, some of the others and I have tried to convey to you. Think about what you read. For more that five minutes!! Now, because you are going to go off to college, chose a plan that will be:
A) Small enough to take with you.
B) Small enough to build and have electrically operational within a couple months (Keeping in mind that schoolwork in college will easily take two to three times as long to do as the stuff in high school.) Bear in mind also that you will have to discipline yourself to do the schoolwork, because no one else will care whether you do it or not ... don't do it and you fail ... it's as easy as that!
The railroad will take a back seat to college work, so a small one that will permit you to see even the smallest bit of progress will be a wise choice!
Now sit back, take that deep breath ....
biL
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln