Basically, going to school during such a recession as this one and expecting it to help you is counter-intuitive... to me, at least. It just removes you from the job market for a while as the other, less educator job seekers have the chance to score positions as the market recovers ever so slowly. I guess the original bet is that the job market will be better by the time one comes out of school. However, some people are getting educations that they never plan to use. Personally, I could have done without my undergraduate education but I see it as a stepping stone to getting a higher degree, just as high school and everything before that was.
This article (NYTimes: Plan B) from the New York Times speaks on the benefits of not obtaining an undergraduate degree. I think it has valid points... well, unless you're one of my many college aged cousins or my future children or grandchildren. If you identify in one of those categories, you're going to college! Sorry for the bias but I'm only human!
This post concerns an article from Sunday's Times. Here is a link to the follow up by the author with his response to comments and corrections to the original piece. http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/skipping-comments/?src=sch&pagewanted=all
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