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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Canada many don't go to college and attend trade schools and it is culturally accepted.[/quote]

And what's wrong with that? Working a trade is very lucrative (which seems to be the indicator of success in American culture anyways) and I'm pretty sure no developed society could function without plumbers, electricians, pipe fitters etc.

What Americans don't seem to get is that you can't all grow up to be lawyers and doctors. You over work your children and deny them their childhood, instead scheduling every free second with "enrichment" activities. And then you come post here when little Timmy, who really just wants to be a garbage man when he grows up, doesn't get into AAP or IB or whatever else. Cut your kids some slack.

And I say that as someone who did the IB diploma program in high school. I had never heard about it before 8th grade, and neither had my parents. They were worried that doing IB would take too much time away from my job, hobbies, time with friends. And now I'm about to graduate from one of the best schools in the country with a degree in the low paying, high stress, often under appreciated field of social work. And I couldn't be more content.

In Canada, it's not considered shameful to want to pursue a career that isn't high paying or lucrative. Time with your family, a real work/home balance, and the opportunity to be more than whatever you do at your 9-5 (or 8-6 or 7-7) are also very valuable. [/quote]

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