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“If she worked as a waitress after graduation, she’d be more likely to meet a man who could afford to support a stay-at-home mom with a huge college debt.”

...and I’m sure the man who could afford to support a stay-at-home mom would want a wife who could conjure up more conversation than, “Would you like your dressing on the side?”

Let’s keep it real here. Education — a true, valid education combined with a solid moral compass is ABSOLUTELY vital to all our youth. It doesn’t all have to be at a university/college. It can come from trade schools, technical schools, and, yes, the home. Everyone needs to realize that education NEVER ends if you’re worth your salt. We have to train our children to read, write and figure sums and find out where to get the information they need. You can’t put the fire in their bellies to go after knowledge, but you can sure teach ‘em where to find it when their brains catch up with their bodies.

Last, but not least, we need to teach them that all honest work is honorable — whether your a plumber or a rocket scientist. All are necessary and vital. Equip them with the tools they’ll need to get where they need to go.

I said "worked as a waitress after graduation." Therefore, she (hypothetically) has whatever intelligent conversation she managed to pick up in a school of education. (In many cases, that would be on the order of "Bush Lied People Died!")

I agree 100% with everything else you said!