> My guidance counseler suggested I dont attend college, just a community college (despite the fact that I got admitted to a decent state school), or maybe go into the "trades".
While I can only assume the people at that school to have been clueless as to your personal preferences and capabilities I do not see anything wrong with advising someone to skip college and learn a trade. College is not for everyone, college is not needed for many types of employment and college is all too often only used as a filtering device to reduce the number of interview candidates to manageable proportions. Add to that the fact that many colleges have ditched or are on the way to ditching objectivity and the scientific method to replace it with a post-modern portion of bullshit bingo in the name of D.I.E. and such and it suddenly becomes sage advice for many to skip this needless and needlessly expensive step. If you're aspiring to build bridges, heal the sick or raise the dead you'd better get yourself a degree, preferably one which actually means something. If you're planning to go into sales, start a small business or tend to a farm you don't need college.
While I can only assume the people at that school to have been clueless as to your personal preferences and capabilities I do not see anything wrong with advising someone to skip college and learn a trade. College is not for everyone, college is not needed for many types of employment and college is all too often only used as a filtering device to reduce the number of interview candidates to manageable proportions. Add to that the fact that many colleges have ditched or are on the way to ditching objectivity and the scientific method to replace it with a post-modern portion of bullshit bingo in the name of D.I.E. and such and it suddenly becomes sage advice for many to skip this needless and needlessly expensive step. If you're aspiring to build bridges, heal the sick or raise the dead you'd better get yourself a degree, preferably one which actually means something. If you're planning to go into sales, start a small business or tend to a farm you don't need college.