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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sitting my kids down and telling them that the only way to send them to college is to keep buying scratch-off lottery tickets.

Angrily insisting that the only other alternative is to tear up the entire higher education system. Its either gambling on scratchers or doing a bloody uprising. No other alternatives.

[-] rchive@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Silver lining, college is much less needed today than it was 10 years ago in many industries.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Depends heavily on the career path. You can't really be a registered nurse or a professional engineer or practice law without higher education. The service sector is a complete dead-end. Sales jobs are increasingly miserable and scammy. So much of the economy just... sucks. The jobs that aren't completely soul-sucking tend to be the ones you need a degree to pursue.

this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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