don't mean to sound bitter – just truthful…:-)

Here’s my gripe with the concept of “higher education,” though (and I’m speakings strictly from an economic point of view): Everyone thinks you *have* to go for a degree where you’re going to be working a fancy 9-to-5 white-collar job. I would honestly love to see more mechanics and technicians out there, but society doesn’t look very kindly upon people who have “inferior” and “less intellectual” occupations (my father is an engineer and he complains about how there aren’t enough mechanics to maintain their equipment).

So yeah, being intellectual is great, but it seems like there isn’t enough emphasis on technical ability and skill these days. I mean, how many of us would be able to fix our cars if it just happened to fall apart one day?

For the record, I’m working on a BS in Healthcare Management. I would be just as screwed over if my car broke down.