You could also look at it from the perspective of students, who have been told for nearly two decades that they should be college bound, and that they should ge

You could also look at it from the perspective of students, who have been told for nearly two decades that they should be college bound, and that they should get "the best education they can," and then finally that they should "do what they love." When you finally exit the pipeline, you realize that the best education isn't worth much outside of the school you got it from, and doing what you love doesn't pay very well. The problem is that you learn this about 6 years too late, and transitioning to a job where you're actually valued will set you back even further.