[veddox]

Oh, I absolutely agree with you! I'm heading for a career in academia right now, and I love university!

But coming from a similarly conservative background, I wanted to help you understand why some are rather wary of colleges. In my experience, it's by far not as bad as they fear - but you do have to get used to hearing people in your surrounding deride and insult your beliefs and values on a more or less regular basis.