i just remebered a story back from my primary school, which i think illustrates the intimacy in the point abt whole education decisions/happiness/EV. So most of us, A graders were going to gymnasium to study the most general stuff on a presumably high level, but 1 firend of mine who was rly an excellent student went to a much inferior "aprrenticeship" school specialized on work w a wood.
I was like wtf, how on earth can u go on such a shitty school. He even made jokes abt us saying: "U guys dont know what u want, thats why u go to gymnasium, but I know so I dont have to go there." I was rly irritated, but yea, what can u say, that was his dream. I didnt get it how could he potentailly throw away his intelligence and study along many rly bad students. Then he told me, that his father was owning a smaller construction firm and he had told him he had way better chances getting quicker to the business if he just selected this school and followed his footsteps. So he did, right after the 4y of high school to join his father in the firm.
I mean, common, who can say to this guy anything?! He could have had a PhD in astrophysics or maybe be CEO of some multinational company. Who knows?! But he never wanted this even that he had tremendous potential. Instead as 19yo he had his esentially whole life solved and secured and is now just getting married..
