Faces Of The Student Debt Crisis In America

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3. I hear a lot that the purpose of education should be to make money

I get that point but I'm torn on that because studying the humanities is also very important.

We need people to study Russian literature and medieval French poetry. Without experts to carry on these traditions a lot of valuable cultural knowledge will be lost.

The time was not long ago when any bachelors degree would give people a good shot at making it to the middle class. Even people with degrees in history and art were hired in companies on the basis of critical thinking skills and being able to write reports. Those days are gone.

But overall I think you are correct to point to guidance counselors, but I would extend it to blame the whole system that misleads people into thinking that an education will lead to a job.