I love this story. Guy quits a teaching job to go get his Master’s in Puppetry and goes $35k in debt.
http://www.thenation.com/article/164348/audacity-occupy-wall-street
My wife’s job has brought her in contact with couple a few years younger than us, who made a living with puppets.
One of their sons decided to follow his parents, but he got a bs in entertainment and a masters in something just as phoney.
He owes big time for his student loans and has taken over his parents puppet business, which he could have had for at least $100,000 less than his student loans. If he had just taken a couple of accounting courses at the local community college and learned from his parents about how make money for puppets, he would be a lot happier.