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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Problem: kid is a screwup/late bloomer/"not a scholar" as my Southern aunt used to say.

Ordinary parent solution: community college.

UMC parent solution: send the kid to a lower-ranked LAC.

The UMC parent solution has the advantage of higher graduation rates, due to plentiful attention to individual students and general coddling. That's what my parents did with my academically weak sister. Lower-ranked LAC, 5 year plan. Not sure how well it worked out. She's a SAHM after being a Montessori teacher's aide. OTOH her kids do amazing art projects they'd never encounter if she went to CC. On the other other hand, maybe CC would have given her a bit more of a dose of reality and steered her towards more of a career? IDK.

I do know if it was my kid I'd choose the coddled lower-ranked LAC route. I'd be terrified of throwing him in with gen pop. He's young so who knows.[/quote]

It sounds like she just wasn't particularly motivated and is happy being a educated SAHM. A lot of women are like that. Your DS doesn't really have that option, so he'll have to learn to swim before he sinks.[/quote]

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