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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In reference to the rat race, the fixation with elite colleges, all hoop jumping, all the tutoring, etc. For a moment I was speechless. In the end I just told her, "You'll regret it if you don't push yourself." What is the point?[/quote]

Having options in life is the key to happiness.

Working hard in high school gives options for what you do after - do you work at a fast food place or can you go to school after.

If you go to school after, is it Frostburg State or Johns Hopkins? Doing well at both is terrific, but likely doing better at Hopkins will open more doors in the state and provide more opportunities for grad school etc.

If you have options for school and then jobs, then you can make money. If you have money, you can afford to live where you want and do things you want to to.

If you don't have money, then you are stuck in a menial job with little to no disposable income.

I mean, if you can somehow make a six figure income with no high school diploma or with one, then maybe you don't need college. There are plenty of people who do sales who make great money with a high school diploma. But you have to be good at sales, and not everyone is.

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