Education in the rural sector differs from education in the urban sector, however, the curriculum and pedagogical strategies are mostly the same, which means that there is a disconnection from the school to the social realities of the students in the field, it is important to analyze this situation due to problems such as school dropouts and difficulties in accessing higher education. This essay addresses student life in rural schools, vocational guidance and the construction of life projects from educational practice, the subjectivity of adolescents and the transition to higher education of young farmers, from a critical analysis. of the need for education built from sociocultural characteristics and in the same way that it can respond to the needs and interests of the population, therefore, the vocational guidance that is implemented in the rural sector must be open to all possibilities of find and carry out a vocation, as well as the construction of life projects by strengthening support networks, entrepreneurship opportunities and higher education studies in which they can achieve performance.