If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family (nation). - attributed to the Ghanaian scholar Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir-Aggrey
I actually don’t think it is a waste of money for a woman to get a college education and then become a stay at home mom. ... but it depends on what the degree is in. If a woman is only going to college because she doesn’t know what to do after high school or to look for a husband, then ... not so much.
I also firmly believe that everyone should have some practical skills of the non-college variety, and some basic life skills like simple car repair, sewing, woodworking, gardening, etc. It’s amazing how many college grads don’t know how to change a tire or sew on a button, much less how to weld, solder, operate basic hand tools or power tools.
They removed the “Home and Family Living” courses from Jr High and High Schools. Basic life skills like balancing a checkbook, making a budget, meal planning... to running a household were taught...but that was “sexist” ya know.