The problem is that even intelligent adults can be easily led astray without the proper information to arm themselves to make proper decisions. There's a lot o

The problem is that even intelligent adults can be easily led astray without the proper information to arm themselves to make proper decisions. There's a lot of misinformation out there and pre-collegiate education isn't always up to snuff for performing this task. * WARNING - ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE AHEAD - PROCEED WITH CAUTION! * After I graduated high school (~ 8 years ago), I realized how little information I got from the school about college and my post-high school options. Most of what I had learned was from doing my own research and what my family had told me. Perhaps all the college counseling went to the gifted and talented group (yes, there actually was such a group in the school for each year). The public school education system probably sucks in this regard for the same reason why most public schools don't teach anything about personal finance: there is none. No good reason whatsoever. It's quite baffling really.