<p>Personally, what I am taking from his message is that
- there are other ways to gain knowledge and
- spending a lot of money to educate an 18 year old may not be the best financial choice. </p>
<p>I don’t know how anyone can argue that we should send all 18 year old kids off to college right after high school. It really depends on the kid. I know plenty of kids who were very smart and did extremely well in high school but floundered in college. These examples are endless and there are plenty of cases where kids were so-so in high school and then flourished in college. I really think parents should look at their children in terms of ‘are they really ready right now’ instead of ‘they have to go to college right after high school’. Too many parents have thrown a lot of money away by sending a child who was too immature to go off to college because they felt it was the right thing to do. </p>
<p>Education is very valuable and knowledge is power, but not all knowledge is gained inside college walls and not every child is ready to absorb and make the most of “college” knowledge at 18. </p>
<p>I don’t agree that college is a scam, but I do think it is a waste of money for some kids until they mature a little bit.</p>