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Attention High School Graduates: It's Time To Reconsider The Path That's Expected Of Us
For some reason, society has conditioned our high schoolers to think that once they graduate, college is their only option. Most of us go into college with an undecided major, take out student loans, and leave college with a bunch of debt and no career direction. Isn't it time we put a stop to that?
By Hannah Leah4 min read
Unlike many parents, there was no rule that I had to go to college in my family. My parents’ main expectation was that I either attend school or work full-time. But when I was a senior in high school, there was still this unspoken pressure from everyone that the next step would be college. I knew being a hairstylist was my career goal, but I still went to community college for two years, and it ended up being the most useless time in my life.