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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you mean by "a vocation"?  A vocation is a career you feel passionate about.  It's most commonly used for religious positions.[/quote]

NP here. I'm not totally sure what to make of this? People typically talk about three real paths out of high school — the military, college, or a vocation. It just means [i]working[/i], like in the trades. In some contexts, yes, it can have overtones of "having a calling", but in most situations where someone's talking about a high schooler and their future, they just mean "work" (and, usually, work that has a longer-term timeline, as opposed to "getting a high-turnover retail job").[/quote]

I am the one who posted that and I teach high school so I have more conversations about what kids are doing after graduation than most.  I have never heard people use the term vocation that way.

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It's very common. Vocational school is another term for trade school. It's so common it has wiki entries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocational_education_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocational_school#:~:text=A%20vocational%20school%2C%20(alternatively%20known,the%20tasks%20of%20a%20particular

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