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Originally Posted by arcsine
Here at a university, they are not called helicopter parents, they are called road-grader parents.
I had one caring parent that called and ripped the department chair and department manager apart because their precious pre-med daughter had not taken/passed a required safety quiz for a lab class. The department caved and gave the precious little one another chance which she failed. She was given yet another chance at the same quiz which she barely passed.
Methinks med school is a bit out of the kids reach or a great big wake up call.
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About 10 years ago the company I worked for hired an engineer straight out of school.
IIRC he gradumacated from a respected private university in the Houston area.
His starting salary was in the $80k/year range, and he was working at a $5
Billion facility.
Less than a year later his mother called his boss and demanded an explanation for why her son had not been promoted to a management position. He had not even received his first performance evaluation and she wanted to know why he wasn't part of the leadership team.
He worked here about 2-1/2 years before leaving for other opportunities, not sure what role mommy played in that.