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> Make the best decisions you can, by which I mean try to make decisions that you will not regret later. This can be hard as a young adult, when everyone in a
by AsyncAwait 6y ago
> Make the best decisions you can, by which I mean try to make decisions that you will not regret later.
This can be hard as a young adult, when everyone in a position of authority is telling you your entire childhood that not getting a degree means you're a failure.
It's kind of a lot to ask of 18 year olds to truly be able to weight the significance of a student loan for example.
- mcguire 6y agoStudent loans make it more complex, but I know a lot of older people who regret not going to college, both because of the opportunities they didn't have later in life (my mother, for example) and because of things they were interested in but never had a chance to learn (a retired friend who would have loved chemistry).
- AsyncAwait 6y ago> I know a lot of older people who regret not going to college Sure. There's an equal amount of young people who regret going. Not that they regret the education received per se, but do not feel that its value is anywhere close to the amount of student debt they are in. Undergraduate courses should either be publicly funded or employers should adjust their expectations. Part of the problem is that nowdays college degrees are required even for fairly low-paying jobs, which wasn't always the case.