<p>The world is not a socioeconomic phenomenon, ma’am. Even if he didn’t make enough money to break even in his life, and ending up even wasting a few grand on an education, well… I wouldn’t call it a waste. College is about so much more than financial gain. 70% of students in a study said that the only reason they went to college was to make more money. Frankly, that repulses me, and until people learn to be less myopic it will continue.</p>