| gergroy said:
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? |
The problem is the averages distort the reality quite dramatically ...
For every petroleum engineer that is earning $150,000+ after 10 years there are 11 humanities majors that get their $30,000 salary boosted to the average of $40,000.
College is a great idea if you're career minded and heading into a field that is in demand in the region you live. It is a bad idea if you're going to school to discover your passion.
