Not cranky. It just seems that many FReepers trash college degrees. If you get a degree in the STEM fields, it is worth it. If you get one in Women’s or African American Studies definitely not.
My step-dad asked me what kind of money I was making (as a statehouse reporter, where two or three stories could be filed every day.) When I told him, he laughed and said, “Hell, Eric, I had more expenses last year than you had income. Why don't you quit your job and come to work for me.”
He was in the coal business. His standard explanation for being successful was “Make the calls. You'll get the orders.”
It was discipline again. And he was right.