Their older children all became doctors, but their youngest son chose/followed a different (career) 'path'.
His friends all went to college, but he chose to 'follow' a different path. [=to do something different]
He believes the average consumer is being 'led down the garden path' by the promises in advertisements.
(..) ...I cannot use you. You.... Mother! Father! You were wrong! You are wrong! Leonidas! You are wrong! Dispatch the Phocians to the goat path... ...and pray to the gods nobody tells the Persians about it. Earthquake. No, captain. Battle formations. (..)2006 300
(..) through the hills to our back? None, sire. There is such a route, good king. Just pass that western ridge. It's an old goat path. The Persians could use it to outflank us. Not one step closer, monster! Wise king, I humbly request an audience. - I'll skewer you where you stand. (..)2006 300