That would make a good board game..........oh, wait........
Posted on 06/29/2012 7:53:43 AM PDT by Kaslin
Some of us did both at the same time. Didn’t kill us.
That would make a good board game..........oh, wait........
Beat me to it. I will say that I had to re-acquaint myself with this “sleep” thing after gradumigration...
Not mutually-exclusive choices
If one has to ask the question, then the answer is almost certainly: work for a year or two before going to college. If nothing else, working a dead-end job for a year or two and realizing that it’s a dead-end job will create a lot more incentive to do well in college and to pick a major that has some practical value.
Any job you work at and do right by is worthwhile.
You learn to appreciate what you work for, you learn good job habits, you learn that life isn’t a free ride.
I have never worked a job where I didn’t learn something that was worthwhile to me later in life.
There is always a chance he may find a job he likes and he decides not to go to college.
That’s ok too, There are some good trades that pay well.
Go to a cmmunity college while working part-time, then transfer in a year or two to regular college. This works particularly well if you have a kid who isn’t that mature and may spend the first year or two ‘away at college’ partying, not studying. If they prove themselves with good grades, then send them on. Some parents, because community college is much less expensive, have the kids pay for those classes themselves .... amazing how grades improve when it is the kid’s money paying for the class & they are more appreciative of any help the parents do give them.
What should come first College of Work...neither...The Military should come first!
The young Obama Generation is not looking for jobs or willing to work under job rules.
Plus the cost of hiring a untrained employee is not cost prohibited
In complete agreement.
“Any job you work at and do right by is worthwhile.”
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Absolutely.
And though very difficult at the time, sometimes the most difficult and “demeaning” work, is the most educational.
This country would be MUCH better off if EVERY “prestigious” Ivy League law graduate spent some substantial time as a construction laborer, retail clerk, or dishwasher in a diner.
Agreed. You can learn some valuable work/life lessons from even low level minimum wage jobs. Of course a high school graduate will only be able to get entry level or minimum wage. But the experiences may well help them determine their next steps. The next step could be college, or a trade school of some kind.
But the real world experience of actually working, actually being on a work schedule, actually being accountable and actually getting paid, is very valuable in the development of young people.
The legal age of majority is 18, however, nature says that you are not mentally an adult until 26. What to do between 18 and 26. You need to become a responsible adult.
At 18 to 21 you will not study or learn if there are other distractions like partying and fun, thus, most college students in the 18 to 21 bracket aren’t serious about college.
The solution: Go to work or join the service. This will mature you and then at 21 or 25 you may be mature enough to take college seriously and actually learn something.
I worked FULL TIME and went to school FULL TIME in my late 20’s....any kid without responsibilities should be able to do that
Perhaps he could get Diversity Training on his job instead.
A year of work won’t kill the lad. If anything it will make him realize the value of a solid education and he’ll try harder in college - might not major in partyology.
“...The Military should come first!”
Yes! US Military service makes a kid grow up in a hurry and helps pay for college education.
I wasn’t ready or motivated for college when I graduated from High School. My parents, bless them, would have paid (they offered) and likely taken another mortgage to do so, but I decided there was no way I would succeed at it, so I joined the Navy.
Best thing I ever did. It focused me, and when I go out after serving my hitch, I was not only ready, but prepared.
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