[duckworth]

If the kid is smart, he or she should simply use college as a high-end trade school. My son graduated last year as a civil engineer. He already makes more than my wife and I combined. Plus, on his own, he now reads all the literary “classics” he missed in college — without the disadvantage of a left-wing, America-hating grad student interpreting the classics for him.

[Graybeard58]

He already makes more than my wife and I combined.

Isn't that what we all want for our kids? (rhetorical).

I have 4 adult children and two minor children....so far, so good.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Plus, on his own, he now reads all the literary “classics” he missed in college — without the disadvantage of a left-wing, America-hating grad student interpreting the classics for him.

With the resources available on the net, the traditional academic model for a classic education is beyond obsolete

All a college education does now is provide specialized vocational training, as you said, and credentialing.