Oh my GOSH, getting a degree is not "selling out to the man." :-P I'm glad your aunt is pushing you to do this (and offering to pay for it!). I hope you go through with it. Having some kind of degree to put on a resume is definitely better than nothing. Great to hear you are motivated and getting extra hours and overtime at work.
But it so is. College costs have increased at a far greater rate than just about every other cost in the country. As well, the degree does not even matter for many occupations. I have friends that have thus: History major, banking profession; Music major, programming profession; business major, pharmaceutical profession. The degree is just there for someone to go "Look, I did...whatever that was!" and to get a pat on the back. But these days it's essentially what a high school diploma was 40 years ago and "expected". Society has tacked on another 4 years to the maturation process to keep people from joining the workforce until their early to mid twenties...and then with enough debt they need to work their butts off for a long while to stay ahead
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Hmmm... I have a hard time hearing complaints of the rising college costs from someone who had a FULL RIDE to college and did not take advantage of it
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Yes, yes, your first point is entirely valid and entirely my mistake. I don't think I make too many mistakes, but when I do, they're usually big enough to make up for not having a plethora of small ones
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