Is college really worth it?

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64. that really depends

the idea that "employment for high school graduates is insecure and very poorly paid".

I have two college degrees myself and they seem to not be worth the paper they are printed on. I was working as a factory temp and trying to get hired at this factory where I worked. The factory hired instead some 21 year old kid, except they fired him after a background check because they found out he lied about having his GED. The bottom line though, is that they hired a kid with a GED over a 38 year old with two college degrees.

I have now worked at a decent paying janitorial job for ten years. I make semi-decent money doing that. Do I need a college degree for this job? Not hardly.

Then there is the army. A high school graduate can join the Army or the Navy or the Air Force and make decent money, and retire at age 39 with a decent pension. Some chance of getting killed in a war or severely injured either physically or mentally, but that can happen in other fields too, or when you are commuting to some civilian job.

There are other jobs, like plumbing or truck driving, that make decent money without college degrees.

A house is nice though, like you said. I noticed when I graduated from college that about $10,000 of the expense was for tuition, and $15,000 of expense was for room and board. But board is a big part of that expense too. The dorm provided meals as well as clean sheets and bathrooms and dishes. No grocery shopping, cooking, dishwashing, etc. was required. A big savings in time and money.