Bringing up the age and maturity is always a red herring. It is effectively a choice of potential maximum wealth and social class. While some may rise high in spite of a lack of higher education they are outliers among outliers.
Students know one essential aspect for the choice - do they want more schooling and are they remotely capable of handling it?
Of course the other myth is that being smart enough is sufficient for the unknowns and bad hands that can make failure a foregone conclusion. What is normally the "smart" choice can bring about disaster and doijg something "stupid" at the right time can bring about success in a very narrow circumstance. Even a brilliant trust fund kis can wind up homeless if they will develop severe schizophrenia around twenty.
Life isn't fair - I don't mean this to justify injustices but to note that it is possible for anyone to be screwed over for reasons beyond anyone's control. Victim blaming for such is wrong both morally and factually.
Students know one essential aspect for the choice - do they want more schooling and are they remotely capable of handling it?
Of course the other myth is that being smart enough is sufficient for the unknowns and bad hands that can make failure a foregone conclusion. What is normally the "smart" choice can bring about disaster and doijg something "stupid" at the right time can bring about success in a very narrow circumstance. Even a brilliant trust fund kis can wind up homeless if they will develop severe schizophrenia around twenty.
Life isn't fair - I don't mean this to justify injustices but to note that it is possible for anyone to be screwed over for reasons beyond anyone's control. Victim blaming for such is wrong both morally and factually.