Comment Re:Choose your college wisely (Score 2) 716
To your point, the thing I find absolutely remarkable is the smug, holier-than-thou attitude which pervades most University-goers in the country - they have been completely brain-washed by their family and high schools that they need to go massively into debt for not only an undergraduate degree in Basketweaving, but a Masters and PhD before they can be any use to society. Meanwhile, those with a meaningful career or skilled trade after two years of study are somehow inferior.
It isn't even the smugness that bothers me anymore - it's that fact that I will need to undo this brainwashing on my own children over the next two decades. If they legitimately want to pursue a PhD by studying the world, great - but they must understand that there are other ways to support a family, and that going into student debt for 4-8 years of study should not be the status quo.