I remember when my oldest daughter was at the stage of looking for a college to go to. We went to an open house for Northwestern University. (I knew it was ungodly expensive, but, didn't know that they give out about zero grants/scholarships.) During the presentation they had a short film with graduates from Northwestern. They talked a lot about "finding yourself" and touchy feeley junk like that. At the end of the film they had a little bio about each of the students and what they were doing. One was a park ranger, one was a camp counselor --- at the time you would be paying 80-100,000 for a bachelor's degree from that place.
So, my daughter was enamored of it and said to me, "I coud find myself". I told her if she had no idea what she wanted to do, she could "find herself" while attending a state college.
Kids fall for that kind of propaganda from the college agents; but, the parents really shouldn't. (BTW, she now works at Northwestern University.)
That’s a great story! My hairdresser of 14 years recently paid off loans she took out to obtain her teaching degree. She tried teaching for one year, realized she was making twice as much as a hair stylist and put the degree away in a drawer as job insurance. And I say hurray because she is great with hair and can carry on an intelligent conversation while she does it. She now owns her own shop, rents out several chairs and manicure/pedicure stations and is a successful small businesswoman.