God, this is depressing.

Young people putting themselves into crippling debt because college has been sold as the only way to get good, "real" employment in this country. And you know what? It's probably true in most of industries and for the vast majority of people. We've been taught that without college, you'll be stuck in a fast food job forever. Everyone has to go - high schools have replaced all of their "technical" classes with "college prep" classes; everything rides on that SAT score, kids having complete breakdowns over not getting the scholarship they wanted...

All for colleges that gobble up money for degrees that seem to never correspond to actual intelligence or skill in a field like they're intended to.

Ugh.