I will encourage my kids to complete pathway as soon as possible, and then

Jun 11, 2019
10:25:31am

bluecougar1985 Playmaker

finish college as they work if they don’t want to do it quicker. I believe getting into the trades early instead of attending college first gives you a big head start if you are eventually taking that route.

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Will you encourage any of your children not to attend college?

kccougar All-American

6/11/19 10:12am

Not so far. But they're pretty young.

SandYFan

6/11/19 10:12am

Yes, two of my wife’s kids I will encourage trade school instead of college

USMCdad

6/11/19 10:13am

I don’t think so, but there are some I wouldn’t be sad if they went a skilled

TaiJuan

6/11/19 10:14am

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MMCougIII

6/11/19 10:21am

No....by 2040 the Earth will no longer be here anyway.

Kauai

6/11/19 10:24am

I will encourage my kids to complete pathway as soon as possible, and then

bluecougar1985

6/11/19 10:25am

If you want a job that requires a college degree, go to college and get through

TaiJuan

6/11/19 10:33am

I agree, I should have been more clear. Straight to college is great if you have

bluecougar1985

6/11/19 10:35am

I told my 23 year-old son to not waste his time on it.

Belboz

6/11/19 10:27am

did he wake up 23 one day and realize he hadn't attended college?

stoils

6/11/19 10:31am

no, but I told him when he was 18 that he shouldn't bother with it.

Belboz

6/11/19 10:35am

Yep. I’ve already been extolling the virtues of trade school to my boys.

Santos L. Halper

6/11/19 10:33am

I just call it BYU, gets great reactions on here 😉

bluecougar1985

6/11/19 10:39am

Yes on three out of four children

newbie

6/11/19 10:37am

I encouraged them to, but none did.

socorny

6/11/19 10:38am

I encourage them to pursue the most expensive and useless degrees they can find.

JohnnyComeLately

6/11/19 11:09am

The bell curve reflects close to half of all high school grads should be pursuing a different career path than college.

SierraCoug

6/11/19 11:18am

My stepson recently got a 16 on his ACT, and while playing a "Mad-Lib" kind of

Loon to the Moon

6/11/19 11:47am

Cougarpride

6/12/19 1:10pm

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