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In reply to the discussion: Maher calls college a 'grift,' compares it to Scientology [View all]qazplm135
(7,654 posts)About something isn't a data point or else we'd have to acknowledge that people bringing up the "ills" of vaccination over and over again means that there isn't "nothing to see here."
You're complaints can be addressed by making college more affordable or even free.
And if folks don't want to "put their lives on hold" they can learn a trade, or take an accelerated bachelor degree program you can do in 18 months. Or get an associate's degree in two years. Whatever they do will require time and learning. But there are paths to shorten if one puts in the time and effort. You can CLEP test your way out of the first year of college.
We tried the everyone's an apprentice route in the 1700s, we decided to go to the university model well before "HR" existed for a reason.
Complaints aren't data without objective facts to support.