I generally agree that you should think about what you're doing even if you're told to do so. That said, for someone 18 years old without a lot of life experie

I generally agree that you should think about what you're doing even if you're told to do so. That said, for someone 18 years old without a lot of life experience, when you're being told to go to college, that you need a college degree to succeed by just about everyone, and being bombarded from all sides with that message...might be a little difficult to really think otherwise. I'm fortunate that I went into a good field and didn't come out with too much debt, but I don't even want to think of what my family would have said if I questioned the need for college my senior year of high school.