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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nephew is doing something like that, he dropped out of the college prep type program at his high school and is taking a morning of vocational classes at a separate center. His grandparents and I were horrified at first, since it is just expected that you at *least* to undergrad in our family, but we felt that 1. his parents are smart people, and know what they're doing, and 2. nephew just wasn't going to be cut out for college. He was really struggling in class and it was seriously impacting his self esteem. He will likely go to a 2 year technical college right after school. The US does need tradesmen and they are good paying jobs. [/quote]

My DH took the opposite road -- he was on the vocation track in HS (like everyone in his family).  As part of that he was working in a TV/radio repair job. That got him interested in how the things he was fixing were designed and built so he ended up applying to college and got a degree in electrical engineering.  I wish more kids were exposed to that kind of hands-on work regardless of their college expectations.  It can open your eyes to lots of possibilities.[/quote]

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