Diane Kann

My dh "happened" into the computer field after a mere 2 weeks of college
& has never regretted going "career over college". He still laughs at
some of the things they teach at college-much of it has nothing to do
with the real computer business of today (and he should know-we are
raising a family of 5 on his almost 22 yr old business-and I'm a sahm).
My oldest son, now 17, has been considering the possibilities of college
but hates the thought of "wasting so much time and money" (his words).
He has taught himself quite a bit of computer expertise (works part time
with "Dad") and also has quite a talent with animals (has his own little
herd of miniature horses, in addition to odds and ends of others). I'm
not sure what he'll end up choosing (I would guess probably a mix of
computers and animals, but he's only 17, so ???) but I know he'll choose
based on what he likes and is good at. When he was about 12-13, he went
through the "I think I'll be a chef" phase-that was a wonderful time
around here as he tried new recipes, invented many of his own.I ended up
gaining a bit of weight, but he has cooking skills that will last
forever! (Yum, Yum!!)



Diane Kann

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-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Bogart [mailto:julie@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] RE: Do you really need college for that?



Kristen said:

>This may be a few years off, but we are no longer in the age of
information.
>We are in the age of networking. I'd guess that in about 10 more
years, a
>college degree isn't going to mean nearly as much as it does now to
business
>owners.

This makes sense to me. Especially because the college degree is almost
as
common as the High school diploma used to be.

I do know that in some technical fields they are wanting kids to do
co-op
programs (half school, half work) so that they don't get behind in the
field
while studying out of date information at the college.

Great thread. I feel my mind and ideas have leapt forward from fear.
Thanks
everyone.

Julie B






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Julie Bogart

Kristen said:

>This may be a few years off, but we are no longer in the age of information.
>We are in the age of networking. I'd guess that in about 10 more years, a
>college degree isn't going to mean nearly as much as it does now to business
>owners.

This makes sense to me. Especially because the college degree is almost as
common as the High school diploma used to be.

I do know that in some technical fields they are wanting kids to do co-op
programs (half school, half work) so that they don't get behind in the field
while studying out of date information at the college.

Great thread. I feel my mind and ideas have leapt forward from fear. Thanks
everyone.

Julie B