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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not reading 5 pages.

but a 17 on the ACT means just skip all the testing and move onto TO school. Free yourself![/quote]

A 17 does not mean TO. It means he doesn’t have basic math and reading comprehension skills. At all. [/quote]

That’s not true at all.  I have a DC who scored similarly at a top private.  Just a kid with anxiety, ADHD and raeding issue.  No teacher thinks he is not ready for college.  Just a horrible test taker.  Don’t be pressured by all the posters recommending trade school. Just go TO.  That’s what we’re doing. [/quote]

Ok, but also, listen to what you're saying: horrible test taker, anxiety, ADHD, reading issue

Why push him into 4 more years of that stress, frustration and anxiety, when he could be figuring out something he actually is gifted at right now?  If he has a specific reason/passion for college, and he wants to fight for it--sure.  But assuming college is a good idea just because everyone else does it?  Because of parental/societal expectations?  It's misery to keep working at something you are not good at, especially if you don't have a clear motivation and drive that propels you to keep going.  [/quote]

Not OP here but mother to a poor student who will want to (or thinks he will want to) go to college when all his buddies do.  I don’t think most parents would disagree with you on this but it’s another matter to say “sorry son.  You’re not the academic type and we won’t pay for college.”  So, while as parents, we will share alternative ideas such as work or military…. I just don’t see throwing in the towel before we even give him a chance to flunk out so to speak :). Hopefully, he will be open to alternatives or gap year at least but at 15 and sophomore year- he just gets offended when we bring up other ideas to consider.[/quote]

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