There's something really ironic here about the anti-college crusade, the lastest line-in-the-sand drawn by anti-education propagandists. If the complainers knew enough about the benefits of college, they wouldn't knock it.
This is just the usual emotional rant about "Shouldn't have done it if you didn't want X".
Not their fault colleges are charging top-dollar and hedging bets against students looking for a better future. Not their fault the government got into the business of student loans. Not their fault the interest rate doubled in 2013 from 3.4% to 6.8%.
>permanently connected city life stemming from a college degree.
>If you don't want crippling debt, don't take out that loan;
>If the likes of Facebook/Twitter and Discord are making you miserable, just don't use them or change how you use them;
Just projecting a narrow view. There was literally nothing constructive here, and it's identical to every person who didn't go to college's argument we hear ran.
But we get these unsolicited lectures from often-unqualified people who want to trash College hopes because of anecdotes of failure told to them by trustfund baby propagandists who went to ivy league schools.
> Bachelors degree holders have 3.5x lower poverty rate, and earn on average 22k more than the high school diploma would.
It’s fun how comparisons depend on what you compare. Now compare bachelors degree holders against people who have pursued specialized career training after high school: license electricians, nurses, etc
It’s not like skipping 4+ years of college and its associated debt doom someone to bussing tables. There are other paths that for a responsible individual can be much more lucrative and much more secure than slipping into four years of changing majors, gaining debt, and getting drunk.
University is important and should be universally available. But it shouldn’t be committed to by default.
> and earn on average 22k more than high school diploma would.
Let’s dig into that even a little and see what we get.
For starter they’re talking about on average. Just follow the reference in your article and you get to hear [0]. Look at how wide those range are for the college grads. 25% of college grads don’t earn more than the median (50% of) non-college grad.
If you happen to be one of those 25% college might not look like the slam sunk financial decision. And I’m willing to bet that what percentile you fall into isn’t random, but strongly correlated to major and college.
Obtaining a college degree has benefits, some occupations even require them (eg: medical, legal), but ultimately it's a balancing act against the cost of getting that degree and how much you even want that degree.
If you really, really want that college degree because your life goal requires it and you have reasonably reliable plans for paying the costs of tuition, by all means go for it.
What I'm saying is that it's a terrible idea to go to college simply because "that's the norm" or you were compelled. Going to college is expensive, the decision should be throughly thought out.
There is more to life than going to college.
As for communication tools, I reiterate: If certain forms of communication are making you miserable, either change how you use them or just don't use them. Life doesn't revolve around nor require social media, anyone who has had any degree of real life experience can teach you that.
You use tools to enrich your life, if a tool isn't enriching your life then you stop using that tool.
I think there was a study that showed that college paid off only to a very low percentage of highest achievers, if you consider earning years lost, tuition cost and loan interest.
And masters paid off to almost no one.
This is just the usual emotional rant about "Shouldn't have done it if you didn't want X".
Not their fault colleges are charging top-dollar and hedging bets against students looking for a better future. Not their fault the government got into the business of student loans. Not their fault the interest rate doubled in 2013 from 3.4% to 6.8%.
>permanently connected city life stemming from a college degree.
>If you don't want crippling debt, don't take out that loan;
>If the likes of Facebook/Twitter and Discord are making you miserable, just don't use them or change how you use them;
Just projecting a narrow view. There was literally nothing constructive here, and it's identical to every person who didn't go to college's argument we hear ran.
Bachelors degree holders have 3.5x lower poverty rate, and earn on average 22k more than the high school diploma would. https://www.aplu.org/our-work/4-policy-and-advocacy/publicuv...
But we get these unsolicited lectures from often-unqualified people who want to trash College hopes because of anecdotes of failure told to them by trustfund baby propagandists who went to ivy league schools.