You know, there's the local state college here that for all practical purposes has open admission. You can see the advertising up and down the highway. The local kids (black and white, but mostly black) try to get a nursing degree but 70 % fail out. There's verious reasons, crap highschool, need to work to support themselves, also stupidity. They could have failed out cheaper at their community college.

What I'm saying is, it's more complex than "choices".