[c_crank]

I was told such things too. I also can process numbers. I knew that taking on an extra cost I could not pay would not be worth it without a guarantee of a high paying job, which is not something offered by going to school.

The younger generations certainly seem capable of that reasoning. They aren't taking on nearly as many student loans.

[jklinger410]

> I knew that taking on an extra cost I could not pay would not be worth it without a guarantee of a high paying job, which is not something offered by going to school.

Except this was exactly what was offered. Schools used to brag about placement rates. This message came from your parents, the staff at your school, etc.

Setting up, I repeat, a literal trap for children to fall into, and then getting on this stupid high horse about how you didn't fall for it. I cannot begin to express how depraved that concept is, and I know you can't begin to comprehend it. Maybe one day you will.

> The younger generations certainly seem capable of that reasoning. They aren't taking on nearly as many student loans.

That is because they have the mistakes of 2 previous generations as an example and the rhetoric has died down dramatically.

Grow up.

[c_crank]

The trap the schools set is nasty. But it meets the nasty expectations people had that the economic boom of the 40s-50s, where everyone could just keep going to college and getting a high paying job and living it good forever. Some lessons you can only learn the hard way.