Recently, I have encountered two opposing schools of thought: high school graduates must go to university, and high school students cannot be expected to get a job in the field of their degree.
There is a mother in my social circle, who insisted I scoot my graduate out the door and into a college education. He can never reach his full potential if I coddle him. Why should I send him away when he is not ready? Because then he will learn self-reliance.
There is another mother in my social circle, who insisted that I should not expect my graduate to use his college education. Having it is necessary; using it is optional.
Why should he go into debt for a degree he is not going to use? Because then he has his degree in something. He can always do something else later.
These mothers raised good children. I am raising good adults. From what I have seen of the decisions my graduate has made, I am confident that he will choose a path that suits him and throw all of his passions toward achieving that goal. It is not my place to choose his path for him.
Standing near the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. John 19:25
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