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A few follow ups to my comment above.

1. It’s only fair to compare the retirement amount vs the average marginal increase of salary obtained from having a college degree. Not sure this is a large number these days.

2. Most don’t pay full ride but for those that do it’s hefty. And also, those that can afford it, typically have a lot of money to begin with.

3. I raise this question because unlike the smoker comment, I can determine if I just want to put money away for my kids (in a trust) and give them that lump sum when they are older (not 60 but maybe much older) as opposed to pay for college. I likely won’t do this but for argument sake, if you have a motivated kid, I’d bet they’d find a way to learn what they need to learn.

4. As from the “Silicon Valley” show. “The real value of education is intangible!”. I do think I gained a good amount from college but I think a majority of that was social/independence growth rather than learning. Although, one or two of my computer science courses really got burned in my head and I believe added a ton of value to my way of thinking.

Anyway, original comment was a bit in jest but it’s still an important discussion because I think we should be paying for education and not “branding” which, let’s be honest, is a lot what school is used for - a market-accepted currency for purchasing a good career.



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