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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a more competitive public school district than FCPS, where I sent my children. I went to a larger public HS, that sent even greater numbers to 4 yr colleges including top colleges. My experience, which included my experience as a middle of the road HS student helped tremendously when it came to parenting my own children. I was pretty shocked at our FCPS HS saying, "college is not for everyone" given the affluent, educated demographic they were serving. [/quote]

Serious question, though, do you think that college is for everyone when the parents are educated and affluent?   Are there no learning disabilities, no immature kids who need a couple of years to straighten out, no kids who already make decent money (comparable to an average liberal arts graduate) right out of HS, and so need more time to decide what it is exactly that they want out of college?[/quote]

NP. I actually hate the “college is not for everyone” nonsense. I mean, how can someone say that when a college degree is the surest way to the middle class/upper middle class? And blah blah, the person will cite Gates and Zuckerburg, who were geniuses. That leads into the “test scores don’t matter!” debate. Of course, those people fail to realize that Gates got And total outliers. Before anyone stomps on me, my dad is an electrician. The work is physically brutal and, to be blunt, he could not help me with any schoolwork beyond middle school. The people who say that don’t walk the walk. [/quote]

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