Good news: 4 million fewer students in college now than there were 10 years ago
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I have a masters in education and I have conversations all the time with my 10 year old about the purpose of college. It is not a place to find yourself. You need to know you’re going to be a doctor, a nurse, a pharmacist, a lawyer, or an engineer before dropping thousands of dollars on a degree. You will not major in “communications” or “philosophy” or “hip-hop” or whatever ridiculous degrees they have 8 years from now.
If you want to learn a trade, I’ll support you. If you want to work in law enforcement, I’ll support you. If you’re 18 and need another year just to be sure, I’ll even support that. It’s better than flushing $200,000 down the toilet on a “memeology” degree.
Where you are is there an option to do low cost short courses? I've told young people who don't know what they want to do to look at a short course guide at a local institution and give a few a go while also working. They're usually one night a week for 10 weeks and can be on a wide range of topics such as arts, technology, food, mechanics, etc. Better to drop a few hundred into a short course to see if you like the topic before going all in at university.
I know that some high school students qualify to take courses at our local community college (while still in high school) if they have high grades.