Maybe! Everyone has a learning curve tho. Mine was just a bit slower than others. I was book smart, but definitely not street smart at that age.
Everyone is entitled to their own learning curve and walkabout through life. What frustrates me is that now because of it, we have a whiny generation that believes that everyone else should help them out instead of helping themselves out. It's not my responsibility to pay more in taxes to fund things like free education, welfare, food stamps, etc. when I have my crap figured out and others don't. I have no problem paying taxes for legitimate things like roads, primary schools, law enforcement, etc. (Government funding is also a portion of that but I have different thoughts on that and it belongs in a different thread)
One thing you need to understand is that the cost of school to this gen and the cost of school to your gen(unless you just grad'ed in the last 6-7 yrs) is much different. The cost increase of secondary ed has significantly out paced wages in the last 15 yrs or so, causing much more borrowing to get the same product I got at a lesser rate.
Whether it ever becomes free or not is one thing, but letting the cost continue to do what it is doing will kill our economy over time.
It is rising, you're right. It is not however rising at such an astronomical rate as some might believe.
Minimum Wage in 1980 = $3.10
Yearly Tuition Cost in 1980 = $2,200
Hours to work off Tuition at Minimum Wage = 710
Minimum Wage in 2015 = $7.95
Yearly Tuition Cost in 2015 = $7,600
Hours to work off Tuition at Minimum Wage = 976
*Data based off of average US Public 4 year college and average US minimum wage.
EDIT: This is purely tuition costs, not including cost of living, housing, food, etc.
