dilemma.
so my younger cousin (now in 8th grade) is being pushed by her parents to go to the best private school in the area. she lives in texas, and supposedly this private school gets 30% of their class into rice--probably the best college in that hole of a state. it's also very, very competitive. cough castilleja much? apparently, my cousin isn't budging about the issue, and now my parents want me to send her an email to convince her to go... i just don't know how i feel about this. especially considering it took me around two years of misery to fully transition into castilleja. of course, now i can say that it was worth it--ended up making friends i love dearly and got into college; but seriously now? it was a hard thing, leaving my public school friends behind. i honestly wouldn't wish that sort of pain on anyone. but do i do the mature, parent-ish thing to do and tell her that eventually, well, she'll get over it? i know that, at the time, i would have a) not believed it, b) hated the person who told me such a thing. and this is the cousin i actually like... not the cousin who plagarized my fricking college essay. ah, family.