This Is Why The American Dream Is Out Of Reach
Sigh, another blogger trotting out the tired, false cliche that college is useless.  From the article: "Were you smarter at 21 post college than your Dad was at 21?  And whatever the difference, was it worth the $50k-$200k he paid to get you it?"Yes.  Yes I was smarter.  And I didn't pay 200k because I went to a state school.  I graduated a wholly different person with a completely different world-view and a ton of applicable skills that landed me a high-paying software engineering job instead of doing the manual labor or trivial office tasks that I was qualified for before college.If you go to a private school to get a history degree then sure, it was 4 years of expensive partying that doesn't leave you any more employable.  Go get a science/engineering/JD/MD heck even an MBA and you damn well better be smarter at the end.