So, to start, a lot of HS students with aspirations of going to a university of some sort have to spend a decent amount of their last year or 2 trying to court different colleges for scholarships (most of which are colleges you’ve never heard of offering like $400 off or something) and free ride scholarships are (and this is admittedly anecdotal) unheard of in my area (suburb near major city). Should more socialist minded youth without the means to go to college find jobs? I don’t say this out of an anti-education perspective or some sort of belief that colleges are too liberal of institutions or anything, if it was free for families to send their children to school, I’d be all for it. What do yall think? And feel free to give me book suggestions or quotes from Leftists if you have any that may apply to this, specifically on the topic of the US where college costs more annually on average than any other nation.
It’s tricky because higher education is pretty much required to get a job that isn’t mediocre or soul destroying, BUT it’s also not a guarantee either. I had co-workers with degrees working the same retail job and making the same money as me with no college degree, with them still having thousands of student loan debt in their 30s. They were basically forcibly trapped at that job having to deal with the shitty boss due to having to pay their loans while I was able to quit and look for something else at my leisure. So all in all no, I do NOT recommend going to college blindly for it’s own sake, go only if you have a very clear idea of the specific job you actually want, that you actually want the job you think you want, and that you will actually be able to get that job.