<p>We’re going to sit the kids down and show them this article. I think perhaps that this not so young man, at one time, probably thought that a college degree was a ticket to a better life, raising his trajectory. I’m still reading many posts where kids think 6 figure indebtedness isn’t an unreasonable thing.</p>
<p>Well, it IS an unreasonable thing unless you do what it takes to get the absolute most out of the college experience, include summer employment/internships to augment the degree. Also, ambition and initiative. No one is going to just give you a job because you have a degree.</p>
<p>I think many, many kids, especially from disadvantaged situations think the diploma is the ticket. It’s just the starting point, and I think one has to look very, very hard at signing loans before embarking on the “debt for diploma” treadmill.</p>