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re: Is anyone else not pushing their kids to attend college?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:13 am to thedogman
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:13 am to thedogman
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He is finishing up his freshman year of HS and hasn't shown any interest in anything specialized so it makes less sense.
He’s 14/15. How the frick is he supposed to know this already?
If he does well in school and your family can financially afford, he is still better off attending a university than going to trade school. Trade jobs are a fine career, but most of them are difficult physically and don’t have the same ceiling that professional careers have.
If you’re avoiding preparing or planning for him to go to college for political reasons, you’re doing him a disservice.
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:19 am to StringedInstruments
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He’s 14/15. How the frick is he supposed to know this already?
This - He could have a kid & need to work to pay child support at 18
Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:32 pm to StringedInstruments
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He is finishing up his freshman year of HS and hasn't shown any interest in anything specialized so it makes less sense.
He’s 14/15. How the frick is he supposed to know this already?
I get that and I am not saying he needs to know for sure what he wants to do. Said another way if we get late into his junior year or senior year and he doesn't have an idea I don't think it's wise to push him to go to college just to go figure it out. I like the idea of a gap year for him like other folks have mentioned here.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:25 pm to StringedInstruments
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If he does well in school and your family can financially afford, he is still better off attending a university than going to trade school. Trade jobs are a fine career, but most of them are difficult physically and don’t have the same ceiling that professional careers have.
If you’re avoiding preparing or planning for him to go to college for political reasons, you’re doing him a disservice.
Agreed.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:14 pm to StringedInstruments
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If he does well in school and your family can financially afford, he is still better off attending a university than going to trade school. Trade jobs are a fine career, but most of them are difficult physically and don’t have the same ceiling that professional careers have.
What folks don't know or do not talk about is most people's bodies are unable to perform in their trade after about 55 but they have 10+ years left to work. It will start to impact most people around 45 but experience can carry you a few years.....thats of course if youre lucky and do not get injured on the job and find yourself unable to physically perform at 22.
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