Pearblossom Education

"Some of the most successful people I know barely finished high school." Although this adage is a unique one, it does in fact put a healthy stereotype on the fact that you can find success without having to attain the highest college degree.  For the past few generations, the idea of "going to college" after high school was an endeavor that seemed to be the most fruitful and enlightening of options. However, the tide is changing, and students are choosing a variety of paths after high school.   My dad was a very successful engineer that never attended college, and when I was 16 he offered to teach me Computer Aided Design (CAD). To this day it may as well be one of my biggest regrets that I did not take him up on it, because women designers are rocking the business. I decided at 17 to start concurrent enrollment at the community college while finishing high school, because I felt a degree would equal my success.  As my teenager and I were sitting around the dinner t...