The world needs ditch diggers too...
College is not for everyone especially if you are getting a wimins studies degree and borrowed $100K to get it.
Absolutely.
I could never imagine sending my kids to a place where they teach Global Warming is going to kill us all by 2030 and that its OK to consider post-birth abortions.
My kid started a mowing company at age 14. Had a full blown landscaping company by 17. Now at 19 he hired a few guys to run the business and he is taking Russian/Computer Science at a local University with a 4.0. He continues to run his business, but only regarding leadership issues. Homeschool works!
Although I had a heavy math/science college prep coursework in HS, after graduation I quit working as a CAD designer for my old man and got a job digging ditches”... well more like swinging a spiking maul building railroad track. I saved every penny I could over the next 5 years while learning so many “real” life trade skills... I advanced from a trackman to a brakeman, freight conductor, mechanic, heavy equipment operator, locomotive engineer, track inspector... you name it... in the shortline railroad business you wear many hats.
Well I then applied to engineering school, paying for the whole deal myself... I refused to even fill out a FAFSA form and left the scholarships for the “entitled”. It took me a while, there were semesters I lightened my load as I was still working at the railroad... but I made it.
After College I took various management positions... Chief Mechanical Officer, Transportation Superintendent, General Superintendent... eventually joining a fortune 50 company, and then sitting for the Engineer-in-Training exam.
Presently I am with an engineering firm that deals specifically with railroads, which has always been pretty much my “dream job” (well.. kinda), and the next thing I am thinking is to sit for the P.E. exam.
Not bad for a ditchdigger.
So... speaking from experience here... I believe there are a lot of overentitled spoiled brats out there that have no business being in college. The family in this article seem to be doing it right.