My Granddaughter is in High School

[Horse with no Name]

And starting to think about college and career.
She asked for my advice this weekend and I gave her the best advice I could.
Find a way to get a job out of this country.
I wish I felt better about it...but I don’t.

[exboyfil]

1. I am having that same discussion with my daughters

Once graduated in 2016 in Mechanical Engineering and has good job right now.

The other graduated BS Nursing in August and also has a good job.

[KatyMan]

3. those sound like pretty portable jobs

Especially the nurse, my wife worked for a few years in the UK and in Ireland and was quite highly regarded (as apparently US nurses are the gold standard for nursing)(but I may be biased being married to one ). Her issue will be work permits, etc unless you/she already has an 'in' to the EU or UK (like a second citizenship, as my wife and I have).

[FirstLight]

2. My daughter is in 10th grade

...and wants to major in Poli-Sci/Sociology (at Harvard...lol) and be a Senator!
She says she will be the first Lesbian President of the US

it takes all kinds... and these kids are going to be the future for us all...I just wish we could leave them something better

[virgogal]

4. What countries would you suggest to her?

Many would require another language.

[alarimer]

5. I suggest countries that actually care about the well-being of their people.

Which is much of Europe, Costa Rica, Canada.

This one certainly doesn't.

[Bettie]

6. I'm saying the same thing to my two older sons

Junior and Sophomore in high school.

[pdxflyboy]

7. My son is 16, and I am suggesting the same thing to him.

He has a very keen interest in politics and is aware of the mega-screw job the repubs are giving us. We have been talking about Canada and Costa Rica. My son has mentioned the UK or Germany, for himself. I'm not sure, but I think the bar for immigrants in the UK is very high. Not sure about Germany.

[Laffy Kat]

8. Neither of my boys want to stay in the U.S.

One is a junior in college studying physics and the other is considering med. school. I just hope they wind up in the same country eventually so they can bring me over.

[Blue_true]

9. What field is she studying in?

If it is technical or finance, my advice is for her to try to get summer jobs or work study with Venture Capital firms or Investment Banks. The reason is not about money, what she will gain is valuable knowledge on starting and running companies, she can then use her moral bearing to start up worker friendly small companies.