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[quote=Anonymous]Same with my son (not so smart and struggles with everything academic regardless of how much effort he puts into it). Even though we have a fully funded college account for my son, we reached the conclusion long ago that he was not likely to succeed in college. Frankly, everyone was relieved once we started talking openly about it. My son knew he wasn't college material and the pressure of having to go was really hard on him. Starting in MS, we visited every vocational program we could find and I tried to expose him to all sorts of career options, both through visiting schools and performing volunteer work and shadowing people on their jobs. He settled on an automotive program, applied to vo tech, was accepted and starts next week (we are in MCPS, which has the same pressure to go to college). For the first time ever, he is happy that school is starting. You have no idea what a relief this is. Good luck, OP. [/quote]
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