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Anonymous wrote:The dummies responding encouraging this are as bad as the idiots who claim dropping out of college isn't the worst idea while citing Bill Gates and Zuckerberg [genius IQ autistic computer whizzes who dropped out of HARVARD!].

Service industry is full of broken dreams and regrets and substance abuse.

LOL. As a lawyer, I think I speak for many in the legal profession when I say “hold my beer.”

Hahaha. This is funny. Definitely true in lots of finance positions too!

I'm sitting here wondering if I'm OP. The only thing that's throwing me is that my daughter is still in beauty school and didn't start until 2019. (I also hope I don't ever sound as pretentious as OP, but it's possible.)

Funny enough one of my college roommates finished her BA just because her parents made her and then went on to go to school for hair and has been doing that for 15 years. Her parents had plenty of money and wanted her to have a degree so it wasn't a concern for her to just keep going.

Hair dressers can make a lot of bank. You have to have that hustle mentality- because the more you work the more you make. Have her get a clientele she can port with her to a booth rental and then a financial advisor for investments and taxes. She could feasibly be self employed and then have enough capital to diversify to passive income too, at a much earlier age than some of her peers.

Let her....it is her life and happiness.

Anonymous wrote:The dummies responding encouraging this are as bad as the idiots who claim dropping out of college isn't the worst idea while citing Bill Gates and Zuckerberg [genius IQ autistic computer whizzes who dropped out of HARVARD!].

Service industry is full of broken dreams and regrets and substance abuse.

LOL. As a lawyer, I think I speak for many in the legal profession when I say “hold my beer.”

I know this is three years old but I was browsing as I’m sitting here with color on my hair. I was the same as OPs daughter. My parents refused to pay and told me no way. I stayed in college, switched majors a bunch of times and finally got a degree in something else. I have a career and am fine but would have loved to go to cosmetology school. I should have done it or should have gone back as an adult. I still could but I’m old now. Since my teen years I’ve been coloring my own hair and doing my own nails. It really was and is my passion!

You know when they announced the closures of salons in Virginia my first thought was about how it impacts me (coloring my gray) but, oddly, my second thought was of this thread. I wonder what OP's daughter decided and how she is doing?

Anonymous wrote:My eyebrow girl probably makes $200k a year.

+1. Cutting and styling of hair and brows is something that will always be needed. It will never be replaced with technology. Most stylists I know make more than I do with my great job and degree.

Cosmetology requires in person hands on usually standing up work. Something to consider when lots of things seem to be moving online, and when you think long term if she were to become disabled etc. def agree with the idea of getting some kind of degree first.

Anonymous wrote: Dangit the old threads always get me

No kidding! I wish we knew what she decided.

I'm in favor of letting the dd quit after the current semester and go to cosmetology school. I'd tell her to work as a salon receptionist or shampoo-er for a couple of months before committing. In addition to working as a stylist, she could move up the ranks in a larger hair salon company, teach in a cosmetology school, or be a person who does in-salon training/demonstrations for hair color or product lines. There are probably a lot of other options she'd find out about once she started. If she wants to get married and have kids, or take long vacations, or take summers off, she would have a lot of flexibility.

Most importantly, I'd let her know that college is an option at any time if she wants to go back. Life is long and people can have multiple careers.