I don't think that I ever considered NOT going to college (or a university
), although there were always questions about how to pay for it. I was a good enough athlete to attract attention from the Division I schools although I didn't go that direction in the end.
When I started college, my goals were very different than they were when I graduated. As an incoming freshman, I was going to run for all 4 years and get good enough grades to get by, spend a year or two in Europe after graduation running on the B or C track circuit and try to qualify for the 96 trials in either the 10k or the marathon. By the end of my sophomore year, I probably would have quit the team if I weren't addicted to the endorphines to the point of being in pain if I didn't run and the fact that most of my close friends were runners too. I was going to get my bachelors and then go on for a Phd in History and a job teaching. That didn't work out either, but it's a lot closer to what actually happened than my intentions going into the college experience.
I think that the valuation of education has changed in the past decades. Fifty years ago, a high school degree wasn't required at all for most blue collar jobs. These days, the lack of a high school degree is going to confine you to the bottom rung of society almost always. Any degree that is remotely white collar requires at least an associates degree, if not a bachelors, and there are a lot of jobs that require a masters for the ground floor job that pays $25,000 a year. At the same time, a lot of companies have discontinued their training programs, so new hires are expected to be able to hit the ground running.
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"The University of Florida sucks donkey dick."
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But the University of Florida does indeed suck donkey dick. What's your point?
Go Vols! [/end threadjack]