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Kelsey called me yesterday, and started the conversation with "I know you're going to be upset" ... turns out that she has been struggling with all the work she has at school plus all the expectations associated with the sorority, and she wanted to withdraw from the sorority, but didn't want to disappoint me. She has been having small panic attacks - said she had a bad one in Chemistry yesterday as she realized that she was required to be at a gathering for the sorority last night, but she had several school projects/homework due as well.
I told her to call her sorority adviser and tell her that she can't handle all this right now and needed to withdraw. And told her that her health is always the most important, that there's no reason whatsoever to overload herself, and that I was proud of her for being responsible and choosing the route that helps her studies and not the one that helps her social life.
She called back after she made that call - the woman of course tried to get her to wait a week and see what she thinks (this sorority is so completely different than what I am used to and part of - it's a business, and this is the woman's JOB) - but Kelsey said no thank you, and is turning in all her stuff today, and asking for the initial deposit on the new member initiation fee ($100) back.
Good kid, she is.
Fighting a cold. It sucks.
I told her to call her sorority adviser and tell her that she can't handle all this right now and needed to withdraw. And told her that her health is always the most important, that there's no reason whatsoever to overload herself, and that I was proud of her for being responsible and choosing the route that helps her studies and not the one that helps her social life.
She called back after she made that call - the woman of course tried to get her to wait a week and see what she thinks (this sorority is so completely different than what I am used to and part of - it's a business, and this is the woman's JOB) - but Kelsey said no thank you, and is turning in all her stuff today, and asking for the initial deposit on the new member initiation fee ($100) back.
Good kid, she is.
Fighting a cold. It sucks.