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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
You about 25?
Because it seems to me that around 2005ish is when college started turning into a losing proposition for a lot of people yet High School administrators and college recruiters continue to push the 4 year degree route as though it's the only acceptable path to meaningful adult status.
Seems like people that have entered college over the last decade are so are getting vastly diminished returns even over what I got when I went in 2000.
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I disagree. A college degree is still the best single thing that will in the long term, improve your quality of life. It's not a guarantee and its not the same as you say pre-2000. But education is why I'm not poor like my Dad and Mom's families.
When my son came to us and says he wants to be an astrophysicist, I say I'll figure out a way to pay for the freight. He will never be rich in that field and the money you pay for that type of degree might not be a good return on investment but that's what you do as parents, one of your main jobs, encourage and help your kids achieve their dreams.