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.
(..) The girls go to college and the boys go to jail. That old hag hates my ass. Your birthday today, Daisy. This year you have to make a choice between two life paths. Second chances come your way. Extraordinary events culminate in what might seem to be an anticlimax. You lucky numbers are: , , , and (..)2008 Gran Torino