Is College Just a Big Waste of Time and Money?
Anyone who is a college student or the parent of a college student can attest to the ever-increasing cost of tuition, books, boarding, and other college expenses. In many cases, a college education cannot be achieved without the student or the parents ending up deep in debt. Some parents use financial savings that should be earmarked for their retirement, while students often rack up a staggering amount of student loans. But still, society almost mandates that a person go to college, if they ever expect to get a good paying job. But is that really the case? Lack of Educational Goals In many cases, a student just graduating from high school hasn’t even had enough experience in the world to figure out what they “want to be when they grow up.” Sure, there are some people who have early career goals and stick to them. But in many cases, the schedule of a college freshman is taken up by exploratory and basic classes, which rarely have anything to do with their eventual career. In some cases
