I told my kid I will send you to any school you can get into. He told me "Dad, I am not a scholar and I don't need the bull shit!", he has done alright, works hard.
Everybody's been belly-aching about WalMart, but I listened to one of their commercials today. Some store manager was talking about how he started as a stockboy and worked his way up.....said that over 70% of WalMart managers were promoted in-house.
Hands-on training tends to reduce the bullshit your kid was referring to.