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Rather than make the idiotic "School is never a mistake" answer... Tom Send a noteboard - 03/09/2009 04:25:00 PM
It depends on what you are studying and what you hope to achieve.

People who go to a random educational institution and get a degree in "X Studies" (where "X" can be virtually anything) and then expect that they will make more money upon graduating simply by virtue of the fact that they have a degree are deluded. If that person went into significant debt in order to get the "X Studies" degree then it is certainly a bad decision because it (a) wastes time, (b) does not increase income and (c) increases indebtedness.

This is the fundamental problem that I have with the much-touted ideology that "everyone should go to college". That mindset simply leads to a nation deep in debt (or rather, deeper, since we as a nation are in desperate straits).

In some cases, learning a trade will lead people to make more money than going to college. A well-trained plumber, electrician or auto mechanic in the greater NYC area can live well.

I can't say (and in fact, no one else responding who doesn't have more information than you provided can, either) whether or not school is a good choice for you. You need to give us more context. Anyone who has responded otherwise is being naive, unless their point is something trite along the lines of "education is its own reward".
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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It went downhill from there. - 03/09/2009 01:57:03 PM 609 Views
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That was just wrong. - 03/09/2009 11:21:52 AM 635 Views
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After reading through your other responses... - 03/09/2009 04:25:19 PM 655 Views
I still maintain that your boss is a stupid bint-berk - 03/09/2009 01:59:56 PM 617 Views
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*sagely nod* I am wise beyond my meager years *NM* - 03/09/2009 03:29:28 PM 294 Views
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Why is that trite? - 03/09/2009 04:36:58 PM 568 Views
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