[fkabuckeyesrule]

If they know what they want to do they don't need college unless college is neccessary for what they want to do. One of the smartest guys I know from High School did not go to college. He went into his family's business.

I might just add that I am amused by the "sarah went to 5 colleges line". If any liberal pro-abortion woman had gone to five colleges how would it be portrayed. Would we hear "oh look at the stupid liberal woman who had to go to five colleges before she finally got her degrees my goodness isn't she stupid." No of course not. We would probably hear something like this, "my goodness isn't this liberal woman wonderful, she persevered and pursued and keep plugging along never letting the mean boy network keep her down or keep her from attaining her goal of a college degree, isn't she a wonderful role model for all of our children". And so the story goes.

[antceecee]

This rant about how many colleges and how long it took is pretty clueless and also quite elitist!

I came from a family where there was no college fund. I was the first to attend college and it took me awhile to get my degree.

First off I had to work and go to school so it took me three years to complete my AA degree at a community college. I spent the extra time getting the AA vs. just transferring to State University because they would challenge fewer of my classes as transferable if I had the degree.

I attended one year at the State University and was told I could no longer qualify for the grant I once received for my good grades (it helped supplement my wages) because I was not a minority and the rules had changed.

I took off the next year to work and save money and in the Spring of that year took one class at another State University as a trial to see if I liked the subject as a possible career. I found it to be a great fit and made plans to return that Fall.

The program was closed and not accepting new majors, but I signed up for classes I would need for that particular degree despite the major being closed. By my second year I was accepted into the major and on my way. It took me a total of 3 years to work and go to school to complete the BA degree.

So I guess I must be dumber than that hick Sarah... It took me seven years to get my degree instead of the four it would take the elitist ivy league brats who go to school on mommy and daddy's money or grandma's trust fund.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Unless a child is going into a profession that requires a degree (law, accounting, medicine, teaching, engineering, etc.) I don’t see the value of it. Many salespeople in this country with high school diplomas or less make much more than many college graduates.