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[quote=Anonymous]We had one high school where I grew up and everyone had the same class. No real electives and no AP classes.  We have a range from doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, PhDs to home makers. Exactly what you would expect with any group of students.

Has anyone actually stopped to ask people at work how they got there. Obviously some careers require specialized education but I work with in information technology consulting. I am the only scientist (PhD) on the team. I was talking to the developers and they range from basic degrees to advanced with mostly on the job experience. The team leads range from developers, science masters to a woman who has a 4 year community college degree with many years working her way up.  I feel like people on DCUM would assume a not so great school would prevent you from going to a good school but the reality is the Ivy League grad is working beside the community college grad in our office and both are happy and both consider themselves successful. They have the same position. The only real difference is the debt from school and probably the speed they got to the position. Although the community college grad was a SAHM for several years so I would think that was the bigger factor in slowing down her career.

Just food for thought because where I grew up nobody cared about where you went to college or what high school you went to.  It was only how capable you are in your job and how well you work with the team. Now that I have a child in this area we just had to make the decision where to live and we actually wanted diversity over a 'top school'.  I felt my child can be successful regardless of the school if she is motivated, works hard, and is exposed to people of all walks of life to learn what interesting opportunities are out there in the career world (I pesonally think a museum curator would be a very fun job but wouldn't even realize that existed where I grew up).
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