[Future Snake Eater]

Taking a job is “a lucrative but risky decision for any 18-year-old to make, one that could foreclose on his future if the frenzied pace of oil and gas drilling from here to North Dakota to Texas falters and work dries up.”

A good-paying job right out of high school, with no college debts, or no pay and large debts with no promise of work, certainly not work that pays well enough to pay off your debts. Hmmmm....

[RFEngineer]

“A good-paying job right out of high school, with no college debts, or no pay and large debts with no promise of work, certainly not work that pays well enough to pay off your debts. Hmmmm.... “

There will be plenty of work for kids right out of college: In the oil/gas fields. And it will be a good thing that it’s decent paying, because they’ll need the money to pay off all that college loan debt. I’m sure the guy that they will be working for - the one that started right after high school - will be suitably impressed with that Political Science degree.

[tbw2]

The other advantages these kids have are:
* If they save up the money, they can pay for their own college or vocational school later.
* They can get other jobs elsewhere, with or without schooling, showing that they have a work history and work ethic.