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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by endisneigh on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:19AM (#29934663)
You’re buying into the propaganda:

1. Can’t predict the future.

2. How does the finer division by non college jobs look like? Electrician is one of the top- how does it compare to a doctor accounting the medical debt?

3. Average college debt is 30k. Hardly crippling.

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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by inglor_cz on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:55AM (#29935165)
Which propaganda?

1) You cannot predict the future, but expecting that current situation will hold indefinitely isn't a safer bet either. I think the best you can do is observe the trends.

2) Of course, I would recommend anyone to take the more compensated route, trade or college but it is probably easier for someone of average academic aptitude to become a good electrician than a good surgeon or a good programmer. That is the point.

3) What are the interests? I heard quite a lot of horror stories regarding the interest rates on college debt. Interest rate for non-trivial principals is the most important parameter of any debt.

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