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I agree that what she did wasn’t wise. I went to community college, and now I’m at a state college. I also used the GI Bill. My loan payments won’t be large when I am through.

It just seems that many posters here at FR continually down college. So many people go now that’s it’s extremely hard to get a job without one. I had a TS/SCI clearance, was a veteran, and had an excellent letter of recommendation from a high ranking Federal official. I didn’t get hired due to my lack of a degree.

I believe that, and believe it is true to a point. I own my own business. If I had two applicants one with 4 years experience and one with a 4 year degree, the one with experience will likely get the gig. Though I admit that is not true everywhere or for every position, and I bet big corporations and government employers are looking for people with degrees and expect they will stay on for a career.

I am definitely not anti-education. I think what most on here object to is the watering down of higher education and the politicization of education.

Both my sons went to college. They graduated with no debt. One is still in school getting a Ph.d. We helped them and they helped themselves.

There are useful degrees and there are socialist ideology degrees. Often young people who should not even be in college major in areas that they can get an easy abet useless degree. Young people are being encouraged to go into big debt for a degree in crazy things like social services, race(ist) studies or women's studies. When they graduate, there is no way they will make enough money to pay off their debt in a career. It's setting up young people for failure and hard times. It should not happen.

The other problem is young people taking on too much debt even when getting a useful BA. They don't work as they attend classes. They live on campuses and wrack up all their living expenses on debt. It is not right for self serving banksters, colleges and Universities to pretend graduating with a B.A. and the equivalent of a house mortgage is a good idea. Even if college students have to take longer to get through school and have to live at home while getting a degree, they are better off avoiding that steep measure of debt!

So what you hear from Freepers is often contrary to what you hear in the mainstream. It does not mean they dislike students or college. They dislike young people getting ripped off by self serving professionals who should know better and care about the truth more.

Good luck in school, EEGator! Avoid debt!