You can’t reason with people who curse your entire lineage because you believe a person can be well-educated and have a fulfilling life without attending college at 18, or without attending college at all, if he chooses.
My husband hadn’t started college at all when we got married, when he was 26; I was about to graduate. He got his bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering when he was 32 (we had two children) and his Master’s at 34 (third baby on the way). I think having a family to support helps to focus a student’s mind on doing well and being efficient in gaining a professional education or career credentials.
Anoreth started community college at 17, and after a year decided it wasn’t all the meaningful at the moment. Now she’s had two years in the School of Hard Knocks (USCG branch), majoring in pirate-hunting in the tropics. She’s accumulating money for college, reading the Greek and Latin classics and the Scandinavian sagas, converting half the Coast Guard to radical conservatism ... what a life, and she’s just turned 20!
I love your stories of Anoreth. She’s so awesome!