Originally Posted by Sly

There is a whole generation, maybe even 2 or 3 generations, that have been spoonfed the idea of "go to college and life will be great." Somewhere along the line they forgot the whole part about "learning marketable skills" and instead of becoming GOOD at something, they spent 5 (not 4) years pulling out as much money in loans as possible with no fiscal responsibility clinging on to the "American Dream" (this is not the real American Dream) with their fingers crossed that someday they will get a good paying job and their financial irresponsibilities will go flying out the fairytale window.

Sue me for having little sympathy.

Everyone is not meant for college. There is absolutely nothing wrong with not going to college. It doesn't mean you're stupid, it doesn't mean you're not useful to society, it does not mean you are a loser.

The minute society allows this fact to settle in and take hold, fewer unqualified people will go to college, college will be cheaper for the qualified people and they will then get an even better education. Will this cause an educational and societal gap because the smart will be getting smarter and the "dumb" will be staying the same? We already have that gap, why continue stuffing this ideological dream down kids throats and instead finally get over this wave of mediocrity we have somehow deemed acceptable by bolstering our strengths and minimizing our weaknesses.