Why and how to support your college-going child

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The average college graduate makes about $1 million more than a high school graduate over a lifetime CC: Flickr user AComment

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Slides from a brief talk at Moore High School's (Louisville, KY) senior awards night, May 2010. The presentation was aimed at helping parents understand how and why to support their children as the students advanced to postsecondary education.

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The average college graduate makes about $1 million more than a high school graduate over a lifetime

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3.75

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11.25

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4.9

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10.6

14.7

9.9

All USLess Than High SchoolHigh School, No CollegeSome College/Associate DegreeBachelor Degree

April 2010 Unemployment Data

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Let go.

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Be their biggest fan.

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“None of this had even a hope of

any practical application in my life.

But ten years later, when we were

designing the first Macintosh

computer, it all came back to me.” - Apple CEO Steve Jobs, on studying calligraphy and learning about

typography as a college student

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Foster creativity

Via Fast Company, May 18, 2010

http://www.fastcompany.com/1648943/creativity-the-most-important-leadership-

quality-for-ceos-study?partner=homepage_newsletter