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Originally Posted by Americano
I'd be curious as to what opportunities there are for an uneducated 18-year old to take advantage of with siblings still at home depending on his paycheck for subsistence. Higher education is out due to poor grades and there wouldn't be any income for the family with him attending school if he could go. What are those opportunities that are all around him in what sounds like an inner-city circumstance? Where are the opportunities for the single parent who didn't finish high school and how will she/he fill a personal retirement account with nothing left over from basic survival?
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My late husband dropped out of school in the 8th grade because he had to help support his mother who was in poor health after his father's death. At 17, he enlisted in the military and obtained his GED while serving and later went on to get a great job. The opportunities my husband had aren't available to today's youth so the best they can hope for without an education is being a laborer somewhere for little beyond minimum wage. This means we've got to do everything possible to educate our children and the fact that Pram's student isn't going to get that education is very disheartening.