Today college costs are through the roof. Many Americans say that they leave college with crippling debt. Living with the debt from college is a hard thing to do, and paying it off, not over months but years, is an even harder thing to do.
Underskilled jobs, like plumbers & auto mechanics, have seen an increase in wages. In most parts due to people have become more likely to reuse old material instead of buying new. Matthew Crawford wrote that kids are “hustled off to college … when they would rather be learning to build things or fix things” (Source A). Crawford also says that maybe so many shouldn’t be rushed to college. If there is such an incline in jobs that don’t require degrees, then the smarter choice is to avoid college debt and instead