I visited a high school where college isn't the main goal. It's nothing like I expected.

Business Insider via MSN ^ | Sept 19, 2025 | Ayelet Sheffey

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- I visited a public high school in Upton, Wyoming, that's changing the conversation around college. - The school has a personalized learning structure, preparing students for one of three futures. - I was surprised at the level of individualization for every student's career and education path.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: ayeletsheffey; business; upton; wyoming

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”Students should be permitted to graduate at 16 and enter a trade as an apprentice.”

Our daughter completed two years of college and was bored.
She was accepted into a union electrician apprenticeship at age 20 and was the youngest in all of her classes.
They told her that they prefer them over twenty-one to avoid dropouts.

She did cell tower work (at the top) and was a cell tower instructor until our first grandchild arrived... Then finished school, and now the Director of Operations at the same employer.

[Tired of Taxes]

It sounds similar to the “democratic school” model.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Sounds like the career chips in Futurama.

[citizen]

That was a great, sensible plan.

Liberals don’t do sensible.

[cyclotic]

They also need to update some other rules. My son got his commercial driver license at 18. DOT rules are that you cannot cross state lines until you are 21.

We live in a small state so he moved at 19 to a larger state so he could get a better job. By the time he turned 21, he had about 300,000 safe miles under his belt.

He drives mostly flatbed semi’s. Flatbed drivers are paid more because they are responsible for their load. Tarping, tying down, proper weight distribution etc.

I think the rule should be changed to 500 or 1000 miles from your home base.