The Human Face of Student Debt

[rebel100]

All of this is so true. When I started out 15 years ago, my parents didn't have the knowledge to guide me, and my high school wouldn't let me take vo-tech classes and College Prep classes at the same time, so I was pushed into a corner in which I had to choose between having a Plan A of going to college or having a Plan B where I fall back on doing hair if college doesn't pay off like it should. People are expected to know how to navigate these things, and there's only help if you know how to look for it, have time to look for it, and have the knowledge to understand it, and the savviness to know when they're being sold a bill of goods by a charismatic admissions counselor, or a misguided guidance counselor, or a parent who's living in an economy that hasn't existed in 10 years.

I can understand this, but I would still argue that someone going into college today should be armed with a lot more information. People don't seem able to think for themselves, that's a shame...and I suppose timeless.