Originally Posted by Beckee
Well, let me ask a few questions:

What is an appropriate age to start talking to students in general about college and other long-term goals?

What is an appropriate age to start talking to your own kids about these goals?

What is an appropriate age to say to a student, for whatever reason, oh, Honey, college is not for you?

On what criteria should we base that last decision? IQ? Task commitment and other "soft skills"? Maturity? Clarity of personal goals? Parents socio-economic status? Support of higher education as a value in family/culture/community?

I think it should be the opposite, college as a choice, with a goal, not as a default.