Trade schools are great! I know there's a stigma about them within certain circles as "settling for less than college", but honestly, you can make a great living in the trades and without them we're toast. I'm a big supporter. Not every person wants or needs to go to college and get a degree...
Also, @Shabby Chic-Hens I do not mean to seem like I'm arguing with your folks. Sorry if it comes across that way. We all look at it in different ways as parents.
I'm just gobsmacked at the concept of MIT, which is one of, if not THE most prestigious science and technology school in the world, being thought of as a liberal arts school. Yes, there is an arts college there, and yes, every NCAA school has to have some sort of lib arts content in the degree...
I wanted to be a garbage truck.
Yes, you read that right. My parents still tell people this all the time. Then I wanted to be a garbage truck driver after I was old enough to understand the difference.
As I got older and more obsessed with flight and space, I decided I'd be an F-14 pilot or...