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.
(..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Ravenclaw, follow me. This way. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,This is the most direct path\Nto the dormitories. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Oh, and keep an eye on the staircases.\NThey like to change. (..)2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone