Drop Out, Start Up

[KJIM]

A college education lasts a lifetime and can never be taken away. A business can close after a short time and be gone forever.

But college is also not something that has to be done by X years of age. It can wait.

 

[Smash Williams]

Wait a second. This kid built a working nuclear reactor when he was 14!?
Why do you need college when you're probably already smarter than 90 percent of the professors you'll encounter? Is taking a music appreciation elective class really that important to this guy's development?

Yeah, that's where I got stuck in the story. How the heck does one get enough enriched nuclear fuel at 14 to build a freaking working reactor?

 

[Stitch]

The kid should be getting more than $100,000. The DOE could hire him for more than that.

 

[Azrael]

So the only reason to go to college is to get a job?

 

[Stitch]

So the only reason to go to college is to get a job?

It's obvious getting a well-rounded education and sharpening critical analysis skills isn't a valid reason.

 

[Buck]

Everyone who is qualified should have the opportunity to go to college and not be in debt up to their ears for doing so.

I work in public post-secondary education, and I disagree with that premise.
How do you determine who is qualified?
How do you determine the level of education?

Most people can go to college without being in debt up to their eyeballs.
Far too many choose to borrow the maximum possible rather than being more sensible.

 

[Stitch]

College admissions standards would determine qualifications. Isn't that how it's supposed to work?

Kids borrow money because it's offered. Why not make college affordable and not the playground for the kids of the wealthy, or is that what lesse-tier cheaper state schools are for?

 

[Buck]

Qualifications vary, and, at least in California, assessment standards vary within the same collegiate system.
And most state schools are very good and are usually more cost-effective. That is where the allegedly crippling debt comes into play. Why not go to the college you can realistically afford?

 

[dixiehack]

YF, have you considered volunteering with a Junior Achievement program in your area? I think it would be right in your wheelhouse to promote entreprenuership