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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at a university and I have had this conversation with many students who are thinking about this step.  I think it is a tipping point kind of thing.  There is a point early in college where a student who drops out and takes time off and then returns to school when he or she is older and more focused gets a lot of benefit from waiting until he or she is ready to finish this level of schooling.  But, there comes a point after which it is better to finish the degree and then go on to other things.  If your son puts in this one last semester and finishes up his undergraduate degree, he can go into the workforce without having to go back to being an undergraduate at some point later.  If in the future he decides to go back to school, he can apply to graduate school, switch fields, go in a more focused direction, etc.  In job interviews, he will never have to answer questions about why he didn't finish and after the first few jobs, few jobs can about what your undergraduate grades were.

Maybe sit him down and explain to him the value in finishing this part of his life so that he can go on to other things that he enjoys more and he never has to go back to college.[/quote]

I'm another college instructor and I agree with all of this.  Obviously, as a parent you can't MAKE DC finish, but DC is so close.  That degree might not matter now, but it will matter at some point.  [/quote]

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