Vocational and formal college are both essential. What too many young people, like your receptionist, don't consider is how the cost of college and their potential career will offset each other. There is a way to do college. It begins with having a well thought out plan. Good for your son, by the way. You'll know more about this than I do but I hear that specializing beyond electrical engineer, like being certified to work on air crafts is lucrative.
