Is college being overblown?

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<p>I would say this.

  1. College is overpriced. The expense is ridiculous.
  2. No one has to go to college but everyone should have the opportunity to. I don’t want this whole “don’t go to college” to become a movement where all the lower-income and lower-middle class students don’t go to college and college reverts back to a bastion of the upper class. No way.
  3. I dislike how people often say things like," we need more plumbers or as the OP stated, “we need more writers.” I feel like giving those people a well aimed smack to the head. Hello? the average salary of a plumber is $50,000 a year, which can fall to $30,oo depending on the area. And also, if more plumber are minted that will only depress plumbing salaries making it more difficult for plumbers to make a living wage. We certainly do not need more plumbers. And we don’t need more writers. Very few writers ever make it big time. Being a big time writer is like winning the lottery is doesn’t happen often. We certainly should not be steering young kids into that realm.</p>
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<p>Alright, nil, I see your point. I just think that fewer people should be in college, especially if they have no idea what they are doing. In these uncertain times, I would not want to be graduating without job offers.</p>

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<p>For some people college immediately after high school isn’t always the best option.</p>

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<p>I think it’s false to assume everyone should go to college. Obviously, if you’re capable and willing, why not go, but there are so many people out there who don’t care but go anyway because their parents make them and end up gaining nothing from the experience as a result. They just end up wasting time and money, and they’d really be better off working for a while, maturing, and then maybe trying college.</p>

<p>Of course, then there are those who just aren’t cut out for college. I hate to say it, but some people are, well, dumb. They really aren’t intellectually capable of college, and the worth of a degree is devalued for everyone when people who can’t really think analytically are getting them. They’re better off just never going to college, period, and finding some kind of work that better suits their intellectual abilities. But nobody ever wants to talk about those sort of kids.</p>