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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 724504" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Well shucks Pigless - welcome to the club. Sorry you had to join. </p><p></p><p>Our son went to a 2 year college - his degree? VIDEO GAME DESIGN! How is that NOT a kid's dream come true? 4 hours from home, room and board paid by US - a 1-year contract we could not get out of, spending money in his pocket, all to learn how to make better games! </p><p></p><p>He never even attended a class. Maybe 1 or 2 at the most.</p><p></p><p>Oh, he TOLD us it was all fine. But by Thanksgiving he finally admitted he was failing. I told him to try to pass and we'd see what came next. He literally did nothing. Of course the school expelled him, but he appealed and I don't know what he told them, but they let him back in! We were stuck paying the rest of the year's room and board anyway...so...He took a lighter class load (which gave him more $$ back from his student loan)...</p><p></p><p>and never even attended a class.</p><p></p><p>9 full months of sitting around - blowing thousands of dollars and indebting us to $10K on his room and board - getting stoned in his dorm room. Yeah.</p><p></p><p>At least Ferb will be leaving at the halfway point. </p><p></p><p>On the up side - my son now regrets it. He's earning decent money working full time in a deli but he has a brilliant girlfriend who wants to be a doctor, once she figures out how to pay for school. </p><p></p><p>There are many bright young men and women who don't go to college and do very well. He could go to a vocational or trade school. I deal with people's finances every day - the highest paid work for the auto factories, or steel-worker's unions. Welders and truck drivers do very well. There are a lot of trades that enable a person to earn a very good living. </p><p></p><p>It's unfortunate. But not the end of the world.</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hangin.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hangin:" title="hangin :hangin:" data-shortname=":hangin:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 724504, member: 17309"] Well shucks Pigless - welcome to the club. Sorry you had to join. Our son went to a 2 year college - his degree? VIDEO GAME DESIGN! How is that NOT a kid's dream come true? 4 hours from home, room and board paid by US - a 1-year contract we could not get out of, spending money in his pocket, all to learn how to make better games! He never even attended a class. Maybe 1 or 2 at the most. Oh, he TOLD us it was all fine. But by Thanksgiving he finally admitted he was failing. I told him to try to pass and we'd see what came next. He literally did nothing. Of course the school expelled him, but he appealed and I don't know what he told them, but they let him back in! We were stuck paying the rest of the year's room and board anyway...so...He took a lighter class load (which gave him more $$ back from his student loan)... and never even attended a class. 9 full months of sitting around - blowing thousands of dollars and indebting us to $10K on his room and board - getting stoned in his dorm room. Yeah. At least Ferb will be leaving at the halfway point. On the up side - my son now regrets it. He's earning decent money working full time in a deli but he has a brilliant girlfriend who wants to be a doctor, once she figures out how to pay for school. There are many bright young men and women who don't go to college and do very well. He could go to a vocational or trade school. I deal with people's finances every day - the highest paid work for the auto factories, or steel-worker's unions. Welders and truck drivers do very well. There are a lot of trades that enable a person to earn a very good living. It's unfortunate. But not the end of the world. :hangin: [/QUOTE]
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