college-bound senior enters Guidance Office at Doom H.S.
Examining Magistrate, dressed in black, briefly looks up and resumes reading a file [obscure Kafka reference]"It has come to my attention, K., that you wish to go to college."
"Yes, sir." [nervously]
"I'll have you know, K., that the BLS has determined that 6 of the 10 fastest growing occupations between 2004 and 2014 do not require a four-year degree, and four of these call for no academic degree at all. Of course I know nothing of any fast growing occupations that require a four-year degree. You are expected to take your life at once. Use this gun."
ping
they had best do some planning, before then incur $100K in debt for a degree that can't get them a decent job, and end up working in a job they could have had, without the degree and the debt.