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[quote=Anonymous]"I'm just shocked by the whole thread. Your child is an adult when they go to college. By that time, they should have realized that college is a stepping stone to a job, and that they should be maximizing opportunities, etc.? They should already have an idea of what schools are good and what schools won't get them there? This sounds like you are sending kids out into the world without any basic life skills."

I don't know of a single 18-yr-old who knows to ask these sorts of questions.  Most parents don't even know which schools are "good," never mind that "good" is going to mean vastly different things for different kids. You're expecting a great deal of self-awareness and knowledge about the US economy from a teenage boy. HS kids who have a well thought out career path are very rare, and that is true of those destined to attend T10 schools all the way to those who will go to school #1,000.

And don't get me started on the notion that high school kids should have any idea what career path they will pursue when we as a society spend absolutely zero time and resources in their high school years to help them figure this out. Never mind that the jobs they'll hold in 25 years don't even exist yet.

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