re: #195 Slumbering Behemoth

And far too overrated. I say that not in an anti-intellectual sense, but in the sense that (as you say) the price for it is way too high, while the dividends reaped are way too low to justify the cost.

And we have come to over-value the careers that can be had by an over-priced college education, and horribly undervalue the careers that can be found in the trades, or skilled labor. Which I think contributes to a lot of problems, college tuition being only one of them.

Mike Rowe has a pretty decent TED Talk on the undervaluing of the trades, if you’re interested and have twenty minutes to burn.

I quality basic education is necessary for democracy to work. And I consider at least some collage education to be in that category. Trades, as you say, are definitely part of the equation. I will go as far to say that it is in our National interest to have an educated workforce. A BS/BA collage degree should be paid by tax dollars.

the level of frustration that builds within over topics like this hurts. It seems so simple to me.

Smart >> ignorant