Teachers and leaders of American Society need to stop telling our kids to go to College!

[gergroy]

HappySqurriel said:

gergroy said:
yeah, we should encourage our students to work manual labor jobs for the rest of their lives instead of working towards cushy high paying jobs...*rolls eyes*

Going to college does not neccessarily translate into a high paying career, and not getting a college education doesn't doom you to a low paying job.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/28/the-13-worst-paying-colle_n_911809.html#s317428&title=Children_and_Family

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-40-highest-paying-jobs-you-can-get-without-a-bachelors-degree-2012-8?op=1

so you are cherry picking jobs?  why don't you look at the averages of those with college degrees versus those with high school degrees and lets look at the difference.

http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=77

oh look at that, people with college degrees statistically make more, a lot more.  So yeah, we should encourage our students not to want that right?