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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 636139" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>Hi Tryagain</p><p></p><p>The only thing I would say is that there's more to life than education and qualifications. Some people are just not cut out for formal study within the constraints of an educational establishment. She may just not like formal learning. I hated school. There are other ways to develop skills and find what you want to do with your life. If she's good at art then she may just enjoy making art - not having to follow a rigid curriculum of the sort of art she 'should' be producing. My son is a great artist, but he dropped out of art college because he didn't want to paint in a constrained way, only painting the things that his tutor told him to paint. I think he's a far better artist than his old tutor. I would say that it doesn't matter that she stopped doing art in college. Just encourage her creativity. Probably most of the best artists developed their own style, didn't 'learn' it.</p><p></p><p>My son then went to university for 3 years and did a degree and amassed a huge debt along the way. So he now has a good degree from a good university but has dropped out of society and lives in a farm squat. He's never used his hard-won and expensive qualification.</p><p></p><p>Don't be too focussed on college and qualifications. They're not the be all and end all and might be a bit pointless for some people.</p><p></p><p>Just my view.</p><p></p><p>(and I'm a teacher and my husband's a university professor, so I'm not anti-education per se)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 636139, member: 17650"] Hi Tryagain The only thing I would say is that there's more to life than education and qualifications. Some people are just not cut out for formal study within the constraints of an educational establishment. She may just not like formal learning. I hated school. There are other ways to develop skills and find what you want to do with your life. If she's good at art then she may just enjoy making art - not having to follow a rigid curriculum of the sort of art she 'should' be producing. My son is a great artist, but he dropped out of art college because he didn't want to paint in a constrained way, only painting the things that his tutor told him to paint. I think he's a far better artist than his old tutor. I would say that it doesn't matter that she stopped doing art in college. Just encourage her creativity. Probably most of the best artists developed their own style, didn't 'learn' it. My son then went to university for 3 years and did a degree and amassed a huge debt along the way. So he now has a good degree from a good university but has dropped out of society and lives in a farm squat. He's never used his hard-won and expensive qualification. Don't be too focussed on college and qualifications. They're not the be all and end all and might be a bit pointless for some people. Just my view. (and I'm a teacher and my husband's a university professor, so I'm not anti-education per se) [/QUOTE]
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