[neuralkoi]

Society rewards you if you can give it what it needs, and I guess one of the things society wants right now is Chipotle.

One aspect of college is that it's supposed to teach you how to be a better thinker. One could make the argument that someone who graduated through college should have developed the critical thinking skills required to teach themselves another skill that IS in demand.

What do you tell new grads who can't find a job to do? Learn plumbing, heating/AC, or electrical work? Start a small business?

[PlattypusRex]

Why would someone go to college and then abandon their degree to learn a trade?

The whole point of college is to get a desk job and to avoid manual labor.

Plumbers have to literally scoop poop out with their hands once in a while.

[neuralkoi]

> Why would someone go to college and then abandon their degree to learn a trade?

Because they can't find a job in the area they studied.

[harvey9]

So do surgeons once in a while

[abbadadda]

> The whole point of college* is to get a desk job and to avoid manual labor.

* most colleges