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Also, you haven't mentioned anything about your nephews.  Have they expressed an interest in college?  Have they gone to the guidance counselor?  The internet?  There are SAT and college resources online.  You don't say anything about that except that you think they will turn into deadbeats, which signals to me that neither one of them are interested in college.  If that is the case, then maybe a trade school or a vocational school is a better option.[/quote]

Yes, they're interested. But it's a case of the blind leading the blind. Ignorant people don't know what they don't know. I'm not their mother or I'd have them involved in things that expose them to potential careers, colleges, etc. Their parents don't see the point of any of that - because their parents have never left town, never experienced college, don't really have any college-educated white collar friends. Small-mindedness consumes the family; the kids may want college, but they're pretty oblivious to the path. And if they don't go, it'll be oh well...our parents didn't go, so what's the big deal, we never had a chance, we never had the money, etc. This is why it's so hard for working class kids to escape. Once they're 18 it's too late make serious impact. Achievement gap is real, and it gets deeper and deeper to the point the nephews become forever behind and its insurmountable.[/quote]

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