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[quote=Anonymous]In my affluent, UMC community, yes, going to college is the norm (although still not all graduate). But there are a few kids in my kids' friend circle who opted not to go to college, or dropped out after a very brief trial.  At 19-22 years old they are...

Working at a real estate office, running their social media, learning the business and working the education they need to get a realtor license

Completed training to get their insurance broker license and works for a relative's firm

Studying/working to become an electrician

Working at a grocery store

an operations job at a large retail chain, has been promoted, and will be using their tuition benefit to do an online college program.

These paths are some combination of kids who hated/were burned out on school, mental health issues, family issues (specifically parents who would only pay for college if they kid did exactly what the parents wanted), or its just the path to what the kid was really interested in (electrician).

Most seem happy with how things are going so far. Some may eventually finish college but they may not.  Regardless, they are forging their own paths and they are interesting kids. In an UMC community, actively choosing something other than college takes strong self confidence. Going to college is usually the easy path (barring medical/mental health issues). [/quote]

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