I'm retired, and the college finance system was very different back in the mid-seventies when I went to high school. The whole of our culture tells kids to go

I'm retired, and the college finance system was very different back in the mid-seventies when I went to high school. The whole of our culture tells kids to go to college. All the adults around them are saying they have to. The skids are greased for them to do this. I don't think a seventeen or eighteen year old following this path without fully understanding the consequences is too surprising.