What are your teen's plans after High School? College, Art, trade or tech school? Straight to work? If they plan on going to school what do they want to major in?
My daughter plans to go to college in Savannah, GA where she will be a pre-med student after that she hopes to go to Emory University to become a doctor. She's the youngest of four, two of which have graduated from college (one a teacher, one an x-ray tech) and one graduated high school then went to work and now has a family. Honestly, we're lucky he even graduated high school.
My oldest son graduated from college last year and is now an engineer in Georgia. My daughter graduated from high school last May and works, works, works. She does NOT want to go to college, even though we remind her probably every week that her tuition is fully paid for and waiting for her!! (Can you tell I'm a little frustrated? Lol!)
Hi Faith123! Does your daughter live at home and work? My contention is that no one who has shown themselves to be a middling or better student would choose not to go to school if they knew what life on your own costs, especially when you add in the cost of kids, and then compared that with what various careers make. Particularily if tuition is paid for.
My kids are pretty young still - 12 and 14. They both plan to go out of town for undergrad, which we want as well. After undergrad, the older one hopes for law school after that, the younger one thinks business or medicine, who knows. We've got a grid that shows the costs of various aspects of life, basic as well as increasingly fun versions, so they can see what life costs. And we've got another grid that we keep adding to, that lists various career options, what they pay, what gpa is needed, the amt of schooling, what the jobs entail, and what the jobs can morph into after the entry level version. After looking at these two grids, neither of them have any intention of not going to college, because they want work that will be interesting even after 20 years into it, and a life that has some perks.
My dd is a sophomore she is thinking about an art school/institute. She wants to be a photography major.
Our youngest is 15 and she SAYS she wants to go to a community college and get her AA, then transfer to another college for education or speech pathology here in FL. She gets good grades, but I see her having a rude awakening when she gets there. Her study habits are practically non-existent; she thinks doing homework is studying.
Quoting annie2244:
... We've got a grid that shows the costs of various aspects of life, basic as well as increasingly fun versions, so they can see what life costs. And we've got another grid that we keep adding to, that lists various career options, what they pay, what gpa is needed, the amt of schooling, what the jobs entail, and what the jobs can morph into after the entry level version. After looking at these two grids, neither of them have any intention of not going to college, because they want work that will be interesting even after 20 years into it, and a life that has some perks.
I did one of these about 8 years ago for two of our kids who were already out and struggling, and for one who was about to graduate HS. I filled in wages starting at $6.50/hour (LOL, you know they think they can do everything they want with that job at McD's or the mall!), all the way up to $15/hour. I calculated the corresponding take home pay, then started subtracting out estimated, itemized monthly expenses. It was quite a few pay levels up before they could buy groceries!
That was an eye opener for them, but alas...they're doing it their way.
My 14 year old wants to go to Boston University; she will need scholarships to pay for at least half. We really want her to do a year or two of national service before college, like Americorps...
Robin in Chicago
Quoting Angltrls:
My daughter plans to go to college in Savannah, GA where she will be a pre-med student after that she hopes to go to Emory University to become a doctor. She's the youngest of four, two of which have graduated from college (one a teacher, one an x-ray tech) and one graduated high school then went to work and now has a family. Honestly, we're lucky he even graduated high school.
My 16 yr old is a junior and planning to study pre-med also. We're trying to convince him to apply to state colleges that have a good record for sending students off to med school, but as of right now, his list consists of 5 Ivy League schools, NYU and Duke. I'm pretty sure he'll get a couple of scholarships, but at some point I'll probably have to sell my organs to pay for college. My 14 yr old is planning to attend music school when the time comes. I hear that isn't cheap, either.
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- mumsy2three
on Feb. 15, 2010 at 10:42 AM