Anonymous wrote:I would heave a heart to heart with her and start researching the heck out of options. There are lots of folks out there who have gone really far in the beauty industry. I would try to narrow down her interests, maybe research the backgrounds of some beauty professionals that she admires, and try to come up with a solid plan for her. Maybe a good cosmetology school now, but what she really hopes for career-wise might involve business school at some point; maybe that could motivate her to further her college education, now or later.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you seen what DCUMers pay for hair services? If your daughter is talented she can do really well.

The woman who cuts my hair is a college graduate and seems perfectly happy doing what she’s doing.

OP:. She has a flair for style but she would not have a degree to fall back on. I also feel she will regret not having a four year college experience like her friends.

Anonymous wrote:OP -- who is going to be in the greatest demand as soon as stay-at-home orders are lifted? It's not going to be me, college degree'd office drone. It's hair dressers. They have a skill, it's a skill they can take anywhere and get a job anywhere.

I say let her give it a shot. She can always go back to school down the line.

Anonymous wrote:I landed here after searching for others thoughts about the OP’s original question. Lots of good advice here.

How does one find a good school?

I suspect this is just like any other field- a Harvard degree is as least as much about who you grow up with while in school as it is about what you learn. Harvard professors and visiting lecturers are also much more likely to be leaders in their fields of study/research than whoever is teaching night classes at the community college.

So how would one pick the best in the country?

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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.

Wtf?

Hair dressers In upscale salons have awesome careers and make great money.

They are also very unlikely to be replaced by robots. People go to their hairdresser for tyeraphy as much as a good sut and style.

If OPs daughter is good with people and knows how to get others to talk about themselves as well as good enough of a stylist to make them feel beautiful, she will always have work.

There’s no way of knowing whether this young lady will be working in an upscale salon or the Cartoon Cuts. She should finish school so she has options and then start cosmetology school.

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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.

Wtf?

Hair dressers In upscale salons have awesome careers and make great money.

They are also very unlikely to be replaced by robots. People go to their hairdresser for tyeraphy as much as a good sut and style.

If OPs daughter is good with people and knows how to get others to talk about themselves as well as good enough of a stylist to make them feel beautiful, she will always have work.