My College Experience (Technical Colleges) (Score 1)

I'm seeing more and more people, especially folks who are bright, but don't have the financial means or inclination, turn to alternative means to get that "piece of paper". Myself included, I went to a technical school. It was mainly loser-bait there, and I could hold my breath and get a 4.0. Same goes for my friends. However, it got me a piece of paper, which got me in the door to a first job. Within a few years, I had the big earning job I wanted. And I did it all in less time it would have taken somebody to get through a 4-year school, and HUGELY less expensive.

Also, tech schools tend to be, in my experience, more oriented to gettting you a job after you graduate, and scheduling things so that you can have a real job while you go to school.... I guess that comes from having teachers who are employees and do nothing but teach... go figure.