Except that college/uni is frought with unnecessary stress and anxiety driven by exams etc. And I'm not saying people should focus on making money from a young

Except that college/uni is frought with unnecessary stress and anxiety driven by exams etc. And I'm not saying people should focus on making money from a young age - quite the opposite actually. We should be free to explore whatever we choose. I just feel the college/uni education system is a bit of a con and learning within the confines of that system is expensive and not that advantageous to most. I too believe uni should be free (it used to be here in the UK) - and funnily enough, less people chose to go to uni back then despite it being free! Now that it's super pricey, more people seem to go as more is spent on marketing degrees to the public and it's "just the done thing" in society. Edit: just saw this on the BBC - very relevant to my point: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42923529 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42923529