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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]There are lots of jobs out there for people who aren't that smart. In fact, to look around my office there are a ton of idiots out there making decent money.[/b]

My DD is not one of the brightest, and I have recently been grappling with my expectations. I think she'll be very successful in the workforce but I don't see an elite college in her future.[/quote]

Do you have any examples?  I really want to try to start steering her into these types of careers. [/quote]

Two things on this thread that depress me:

Count on marriage.
"Steer her" into whatever kind of career.

How about, instead of either:
Make sure she has all the academic support she needs. I gather there has never been any discussion of 504 or IEP plans--but it may be that documenting her need to spend a great deal of time and get a lot of help to maintain grade level could support a need for accommodations or additional services. Also, as someone else suggested, comprehensive evaluation, but don't make it look like she is "defective", rather as simply a resource. 
Look for her strengths.  Strong social skills can compensate for a lot--and I do NOT mean finding a husband. The ability to sustain a great deal of effort is also a plus--some careers may not require as much in the area of brilliant analysis or insight but do require a lot of prolonged effort in areas many of us would find excruciatingly boring. 
Look for and encourage her interests. 
My nephew is married to a woman I don't regard as super smart (she brags about hating to read) and I think she had minimal post-high school education but she works hard and makes $60k in contract management for a Microsoft vendor, basically a lot of repetitive detail work that would make me crazy. And they live in an area that has reasonable COL.

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