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In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost
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No longer? I didn't see them as worth the cost fifteen years ago. That's why I emigrated back to my home country so I could study virtually for free.
Well, that was you.
'Twas I!
Your specific situation doesn't apply to everybody.
The only important part was the first. I kept thinking, how in the world is it acceptable to charge that much for a degree and endebt students for the majority of their lives? What if you fail to find a high-paying job to pay it back? People would simply shrug it off as if it were normal and shared "tips" like paying the minimum of $50 forever without caring that they'd end up paying twice as much as they borrowed.
And because of that, our high school admins made sure to show us that trade jobs and community college were viable alternatives. I took the third option because of the family circumstances at the time.
They didn't say it did
They expressed incredulous disbelief in why people don't agree with them.
They had an option others don't.