It's grauation time where I live; students are completing their grade 12 year and getting their diplomas. 
We've just gotten past that same time here. One of my friend's daughter just got her diploma. Now she wants a car!
I guess that is the next logical step, ha ha! Most students complete their diploma in 4 years here, how about you?
Same here. Of course many then aspire to go off to University. Unfortunately, the costs are skyrocketing while the quality is sagging.
Yes, university has gotten so expenssive. A medical school education now costs over a hundred thousand dollars. 
Yeah, well at least being an MD is liable to generate income. I have friends with that kind of debt who have Bachelor's degrees in literature!
That is true! I guess they would have to get a masters or a teaching degree to make that pay off. 
Yeah. Some states here in the US offer scholarships funded by lotteries that make that sort of thing worthwhile.