Protecting you parents = bad idea!
You wrote:
"The only problem is my parents. In order to protect them, I did not tell them about the assault. However, when I tried to talk to them about not attending law school in the fall they got really upset."
Very bad idea!
There are some things that family is for ... and family should definitively not be protected from such important information!!!!!!!!!
It is never too late to tell them! Never! Secrets of that kind are BAD.
Very BAD.
They must know the truth!
Both, your mother, your father and all your siblings!
Put yourself in their shoes!
Imagine, your daughter was raped, but to protect you, she chooses to keep the secret.
Would you like to be protected from that information! Are you sure! Are you sure you would not like to know it happened!
Grow up!!!!
That is exactly what parents are for.
When you graduate, you let them know.
When you are raped ... you let them know.
When you "kill" somebody ... you let them know.
When you get a child ... you let them know.
In good and in bad! That is what family is for!
They should know it before you tell it to your best friend!
Oh my god, in what dreamland do you live?
You think your parents haven't had their share of bad experiences in their life? Think again!
Goldiex