Yep, that little jem came out of SD17's mouth tonight, after we confirmed another disappointing round of grades for the spring semester. SD17 has a massive ego, and has delusions of grandeur about her abilities and her place in the world. This is typically manifested by shooting her mouth off about how "awesome" she is, or "dictating" plans to DW, but it sometimes pops up in the realm of academics. Tonight may have set a new standard of BS from SD17.

As a bit of background, SD17 has struggled in school for years. She NEVER, and I mean NEVER, can be bothered to do homework, and often doesn't even turn in assignements that she completes at school. Also, I have never seen her study for a test. And voluntarily read to improve her vocabulary and writing skills? Ha! Books are like kryptonite to her. She NEVER reads. Needless to say, she's not a great student. However, she is a prettty effective liar - at least to DW. I can't tell you how many times she has had zeros on assignements, and she blamed the teacher for "not recording the grades yet." SD17 knows that we can't easily disprove this (since we'd have to wait until school is in session to call the teacher), and DW bought this BS for years. Or if she has a bad grade in a class, she is "going to do good" on her next test, which will bring up her grade. By the time the test grade is posted, DW forgets, and doesn't think to get onto her for bombing a test.

I have long since disengaged, but I still follow my DW's plight with a certain amount of amusement. DW is under the impression that SD17 possesses above-average intelligence, but is just lazy. DW is in denial about SD17's intelligence of course, as this kid is average at best, but she at least acknowledges that SD17 is lazy and doesn't do her work. When DW got onto SD17 about her poor grades, she gave the interesting excuse mentioned in the title above, that SD17 is "so smart, she gets bored," and doesn't pay attention in school. DW reminded SD17 that even smart people have to pay attention in class, and also have to do their work. To this, SD17 said "I don't like to do work. It's boring."

Needless to say, I nearly shit myself when I heard this. SD17 is so full of herself that I need to wear rubber boots around her, to keep from stepping in her shit. Even better, SD17 is "planning" on being a veterinarian. This is a job that will require 4 years of college, 4 years of vet school, and probably many years of residency-type work. Even intelligent kids would struggle with this, and it is a LOT of work. SD17 is neither intelligent, nor a hard worker, so there is no way that she is going to be a vet. It is a real struggle keeping my mouth shut when she shoots her mouth off about being a vet, since it is never going to happen. She is so entitled, I actually think that she believes that she should just be able to hang out a "vet" shingle without going to college or vet school, and the money will start pouring in.

SD17 is really out there. I know it's mean, but I am actually looking forward to her falling on her face with respect to academics (she has made my life hell for years, I think it would just be karma balancing). She has much more difficult courses next year, and if she keeps up her bad habits, she will flunk classes and not even graduate high school. I'm sure that she be expecting us to keep housing her after she fails out of high school, but that ain't happening. DW and I have already discussed this, and if necessary, we will invoke the "nuclear option" to keep SD17 from sponging off us. This entails us selling our house and maintaining no permanent residence, for the express purpose of forcing SD17 to take care of herself. Since she's so smart, that shouldn't be a problem