The "skip college" advice is solid. I joined the military and did other things for my first ten years out of H.S. When I started college I was armed with tons of experience and some armor against this ideology. I ended up being more disciplined and grounded than my fellow students and will be starting Medical School next year.
The "skip college" advice is solid. I joined the military and did other things for my first ten years out of H.S. When I started college I was armed with tons of experience and some armor against this ideology. I ended up being more disciplined and grounded than my fellow students and will be starting Medical School next year.
Could not agree more. I went to college after four years in the Navy. I'm told I missed something called the 'college experience' because I was married and two of my children attended my graduation. Your service and experience would give you the edge when selecting a Doctor.
Congrats on your acceptance to Medical School. I did something similar: I attended college for three years as a Music Ed major. Once I started taking methods courses, I started to realize where the problems my father talked about, during his last few years as a Junior High US History teacher, came from. He was seeing it in the ideology being pushed from the top administration. He was disgusted, but he had too much time invested in "the system." Hw couldn't wait to retire. He rode it out until he could collect his pension.
I was afforded the opportunity to study privately with a world-renowned drum teaching in New York City. It was agreed that I could live at home, work part-time, study, and practice. I made sure that I practiced a minimum of 3-4 hours per day. It paid off. I won an audition with the Air Force music program. I spent 2 years with the 590th Air Force Band in New Jersey. Near the end of my second year, an opening came up with the Washington, DC band. I took the audition and won the job. I spent 24 years with the United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC, retiring after a 26 year military band career. After that, with my military pension, I taught part time as Adjunct Faculty, at 2 private schools in the DC area. Dealing with those spoiled brat parents is a complete story in itself.
Yes, there are other paths to a great career, besides 4 years of college, and lots of student debt. I did return to college in my 40s, utilizing the Air Force's Tuition Assistance program. What an eye opener! It's amazing what you see through the eyes of a 40something adult, rather than the eyes of a 20something year old. While they were complaining about how hard a course was, I was pulling a 4.0 GPA with a decent, but not overwhelming, amount of effort. Military service definitely makes you more grounded, and as you say, give you "some armor" against that ideology.
Same same. I joined after HS, retired (in 2015), and entered the executive level workforce armed with nothing but my HS degree. It wasnтАЩt until I retired again (2018) that I finished my AA, and now IтАЩm just about done with my BA (I turned 51 on the 11th). I moved through critical race theory with the view of life lived as a mixed race brown(ish) guy. I 100% recommend pushing university off until the child has some тАЬseasoningтАЭ in the real world. The military will definitely add plenty of тАЬsaltтАЭ to your existence, in a good way. IтАЩm also puzzled by the the idea that тАЬwhiteтАЭ is a thing. How many of us are honestly purely тАЬwhite?тАЭ My wife is Irish so her 23 and Me circle is completely blue, but I canтАЩt imagine thereтАЩs many white folks in America that are that genetically boring.
The "skip college" advice is solid. I joined the military and did other things for my first ten years out of H.S. When I started college I was armed with tons of experience and some armor against this ideology. I ended up being more disciplined and grounded than my fellow students and will be starting Medical School next year.
Could not agree more. I went to college after four years in the Navy. I'm told I missed something called the 'college experience' because I was married and two of my children attended my graduation. Your service and experience would give you the edge when selecting a Doctor.
Congrats on your acceptance to Medical School. I did something similar: I attended college for three years as a Music Ed major. Once I started taking methods courses, I started to realize where the problems my father talked about, during his last few years as a Junior High US History teacher, came from. He was seeing it in the ideology being pushed from the top administration. He was disgusted, but he had too much time invested in "the system." Hw couldn't wait to retire. He rode it out until he could collect his pension.
I was afforded the opportunity to study privately with a world-renowned drum teaching in New York City. It was agreed that I could live at home, work part-time, study, and practice. I made sure that I practiced a minimum of 3-4 hours per day. It paid off. I won an audition with the Air Force music program. I spent 2 years with the 590th Air Force Band in New Jersey. Near the end of my second year, an opening came up with the Washington, DC band. I took the audition and won the job. I spent 24 years with the United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC, retiring after a 26 year military band career. After that, with my military pension, I taught part time as Adjunct Faculty, at 2 private schools in the DC area. Dealing with those spoiled brat parents is a complete story in itself.
Yes, there are other paths to a great career, besides 4 years of college, and lots of student debt. I did return to college in my 40s, utilizing the Air Force's Tuition Assistance program. What an eye opener! It's amazing what you see through the eyes of a 40something adult, rather than the eyes of a 20something year old. While they were complaining about how hard a course was, I was pulling a 4.0 GPA with a decent, but not overwhelming, amount of effort. Military service definitely makes you more grounded, and as you say, give you "some armor" against that ideology.
Same same. I joined after HS, retired (in 2015), and entered the executive level workforce armed with nothing but my HS degree. It wasnтАЩt until I retired again (2018) that I finished my AA, and now IтАЩm just about done with my BA (I turned 51 on the 11th). I moved through critical race theory with the view of life lived as a mixed race brown(ish) guy. I 100% recommend pushing university off until the child has some тАЬseasoningтАЭ in the real world. The military will definitely add plenty of тАЬsaltтАЭ to your existence, in a good way. IтАЩm also puzzled by the the idea that тАЬwhiteтАЭ is a thing. How many of us are honestly purely тАЬwhite?тАЭ My wife is Irish so her 23 and Me circle is completely blue, but I canтАЩt imagine thereтАЩs many white folks in America that are that genetically boring.