Learning can become frustrating for students who do not find traditional schooling fulfilling-or even satisfactory. And this discontent can leave parents and their children seeking alternatives. In Forging Paths: Beyond Traditional Schooling, you will read the stories of nine young people who took varying nontraditional educational routes and achieved success.In Forging Paths, Wes Beach-an educator, advocate, speaker, and author-invites you to reconsider the notion that successful career paths always involve the collection of accolades or immediate entrance to a prestigious university.By walking in their shoes, you will discover how passion, persistence, and creativity led to the nine young people featured in Beach's book finding satisfaction while maybe even accumulating some traditional accomplishments along the way.