College is positive in a lot of folks eyes, but more so as a sign of achievement they hang on the wall; proof for this are all the college scandals right now; where idiots that truly couldn't survive on their own, and without money, are buying their way into schools.... Doesn't say too much for any alum who has a degree from any of those schools.... The discernment between who earned, and bought is too much.

Away from that, I totally agree with other avenues such as votech, and trade school. There are a number of trades that offer real wages, and benefits for journey level workers. I had a buddy who graduated high school, worked for an electrical contractor; by the time he was 22, he had his Master's license, and since high school, he'd earned just over 100 grand in total.

Contrast that, with the electrical contractors daughter, who went off to college; when she was 22 she'd amassed a debt to her father in excess of a 100 grand, didn't have a job, didn't know life.

My friend now makes a lot more than that with his own company. You can take this, and look at many to most of the more successful players never graduate college; there was a time when that was said of high school as well.

I think we're being snowed under with the details a little too much; perhaps wasted information, or wasted scape goating, or something.