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[quote=Anonymous]I think we all know that getting a college degree is the preferred path.

But, I think some of the PP are mistaken in assuming that it must be done immediately after high school.

OP's child is smart.  If she does something she wants to do or works at X entry level job, or tries her hand at her own job for a year or two or three, she will eventually figure out that people with college degrees get ahead.  She will get that degree and do a much better job of it b/c SHE is ready for it and knows WHY she wants it (not just doing what mom says to do).

I know someone who was not very interested in high school, but liked to draw -- and had a talent for it.  He went to community college to get an associates degree in drafting.  He worked for 5 yrs and enjoyed his jeep, his girlfriend (got married), probably was smokin' pot, and just generally thinking he had arrived.  But, as he worked in drafting, he saw that the people moving ahead were the ones who had engineering degrees.  He did as much work as they did... but they had the degree and got the raises.  So, in his later 20's he went back to school for mechanical engineering.  He was motivated and did well -- which he never would have done if he had tried it right out of high school.

He is now very successful as a software engineer.

Kids who have ownership over their path are going to do a lot better.  Yes, college is important.  But there is no rule that says "college is only important if you go to a 4 yr college right after high school."  There are other ways to find your success -- and the timing is different for each person.

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