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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Silly question. You choose a kindergarten for what your child is like as a preschooler. And you choose a high school based on what your child needs then. It is absurd to predict what kind of job your DC will have based on high school. Lots of terrible high school students find their groove in college or later and become great adults. And serious mental illnesses like schizophernia and bipolar disorders come crashing down on some very high achieving  young people in their 20s.

We chose a "Big 3" because DC is "intellectually" oriented. DC may decide to become an academic and consign himself to fighting for a $40,000/year junior faculty position when he's 30. Or he could follow a law school or Wall St. path that could have him earn 10x that much.  But, I'd be just as delighted (maybe prouder) if he chooses to take the much riskier paths of an entrepreneur or an artist.  The value of our hard work and money is to give him lots of options and lots of alternatives and safety nets to take risks.  
  
I don't have any fear that he's going to be sitting in the basement playing video games and getting stoned all day long. And if he did, it wouldn't be because of the k-12 school he attends. And I may be pretty disappointed if he becomes totally risk-averse and only chose the safest path to the most boring and conventional middle-class careers (engineer, accountant, etc.) but those would be his choices and I would love him just as much. [/quote]

Engineers and accountants are "boring and conventional middle-class careers???"

Oh my goodness. What are you, a GS-9?[/quote]

Seriously, the PP needs to get over herself.  She thinks she is SO enlightened, but obviously a total bore.  If you were my mom, trust me, I'd be getting stoned in the basement just to get away from you (no matter how "intellectually oriented" I'm feeling).[/quote]

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