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Eric F. O’Neill's avatar

Tragic. While we were busy living life, the monsters were in plain sight, destroying our youth and society. Part of the reason I quit medicine.

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Jason's avatar

I think many of us can agree that college campuses have become indoctrination centers and have also saddled millions of students with debt that cannot be justified by their earning power. At some point I wonder when we as parents will stop assuming that college is “THE” way to go. I’m struggling with this currently. My kids are 8th and 9th grade. Both are academically inclined, although the older one struggles (he spends all weekend doing homework and he also has extreme social anxiety that’s left him as a sweet, but lonely child without real social connections outside his nuclear family.) My father and brother were both professors, so obviously growing up college was a “given” for me. Although I attended and graduated with good grades, it was a complete waste of time and money towards my career as a serial entrepreneur. At what point do we start asking kids “What do you want to do after high school?” instead of “What college do you wish to attend?” I don’t have an answer, but am curious on others’ perspectives.

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