Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.
Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
Our obsessive focus on college schooling has blinded us to basic truths. College is a place, not a magic formula. It matters what subjects students study, and subsidies should focus on the subjects that matter the most - not to the students, but to everyone else.
When you're in college, everything seems much more important than it really is.
A good education should leave much to be desired.
As technology breaks down the physical barriers of college campuses, the extraordinary intellectual capital of the educator community is becoming available to anyone committed to learning - regardless of age, income or location.
I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.
College gives people learning and also takes away future opportunities by loading the next generation down with debt.
The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.
Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.