<p>IBClass06 - Eye rolling doesn’t negate the fact that, for many of us who don’t attend on Daddy’s money…college is a means to an end. It isn’t 4 years of studying Shakespeare under a tree…nor is it “trade school”. It’s hopefully a well rounded education that prepares one for the world of GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. </p>
<p>I have so many examples addressing so many of the things you said. But I’ll give just one (you’re welcome). </p>
<p>Funny you should mention engineering. My brother was going to be the proverbial “rocket scientist”. Unfortunately, this was 1970 and NASA nearly went bankrupt and laid off/fired most of its staff. He changed his major to electrical engineering. Was it his “best fit”? No. But he worked every day of his 4 years and paid every penny of his COA himself and he knew that JOB was spelled c-o-l-l-e-g-e. So he majored in a field where he could get a job. He learned to “deal with it”. He was recruited by a national company straight out of school and just retired from that company just last year. Never a money problem since. </p>
<p>I vehemently think many kids need to learn to “deal with” things a lot more these days, than dream up ways to make the positive side of things - so “unfulfilling”. The sense that one is “entitled” to the education of their choosing astounds me. No where else in the world would we be arguing that it’s NOT o.k. to seek out what you individually consider to be the best of the best (regardless of how anyone else feels about those schools).</p>