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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is 2-1/2 years through college.  The lessons they have learned about how to be independent, dealing with - and conquering - learning challenges, have been absolutely golden.  That has been worth the price.  There will be no debt afterwards.[/quote]
I wish you could get an on campus kind of in between kid and adult experience like an undergrad degree but for other professions: [b]carpentry[/b], mechanics, electrical, etc. [/quote]

My nephew did very well doing a construction job in the summers and part-time during the school year in high school and college, plus getting a degree in architecture.  He used some family contacts to start a business two years after graduating, and he's killing it.  He's also successfully flipped a few spec houses in a tough market.  People who are willing to learn a trade can do very well, especially if they are entrepreneurial.  My parents did very well in a similar business, but they regretted not getting a college degree, and they made sure we did. Not because they didn't want us to go into a trade, but because they wanted us to have the benefit of a college education first.  [/quote]

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