Originally Posted by
StickPig
I don’t disagree with a lot of the things you said, but if you’re going into debt $100-200k for a four year degree you’re doing it all wrong. There’s the military, both active and reserves that pay for college. There’s thousands of scholarships that go infilled every year because people fail to do the leg work to find them. Work-study. Actual work. Community college. In-state vs out/private. Hell, even most high schools now have dual enrollment to start getting credits toward degree requirements. Forgoing room and board and staying in an apartment with roommates and learning how to cook for yourself. A degree (and a useful one at that) can be had with a little ground work and research for under $50k or less. People just don’t want to find ways to do it. It seems it’s become easier to just sign on a loan that you’re now tied to for 25 years. Doesn’t help that money or financial classes aren’t taught anywhere in America for students in high school. Should be a prerequisite to graduation if you ask me…
I agree with every option you point out, but what percentage of the entitled "me" generation do you think are actually doing any of that? I was talking to an enlisted recruiter for the Marines. He told me that his hardest thing is finding potential recruits within weight standards. If the current college age generation can't even push away from the computer long enough to stop eating and do some exercise what percentage do you think will do all the things you proposed? How many high school kids do you see working in fast food or grocery stores these days. That used to be the standard employee. Things have changed.