Graduating high school is also optional I suppose. Not everyone does. The question in my mind shouldn’t be “why didn’t people think harder about getting an adv

Graduating high school is also optional I suppose. Not everyone does. The question in my mind shouldn’t be “why didn’t people think harder about getting an advanced education” but rather “why is the US the only country in the world that accepts punishing debt for its brightest youth?” Yes, at an individual level there is always the option to become a plumber rather than an accountant. But America cannot be a nation of plumbers.