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Well, the problem is, he doesn’t really have any hobbies aside from the video games. He is good at them, but I don’t know how many skills gaming could be evidence of - manual dexterity and problem solving, maybe.
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It does seem to me that my brother simply isn’t suited for academics. He’s a bright kid, he just isn’t motivated to study and do schoolwork.
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I’m also toying with the idea of suggesting that he take a year off and try various jobs to see if he can find one he really likes and is suited for, but I imagine that isn’t really feasible, given that he has no training and would wind up looking like a job hopper, resume-wise.
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You have just about described the situation my son is in, with the addition of this anxiety problem. Currently we’ve talked about several options of things to do, including going to the community college here and taking one class at a time. I very much like your idea in the last paragraph - I think that if your brother is doing something, anything, productive, then he can start to feel capable and build from there. If he ends up working several small jobs, he doesn’t have to report that to anyone (looking like a ‘jobhopper’). He can lump them together on any resume or application he has to fill out. 