Tirade Tuesday

Basically it goes like this: From the moment that we could give a legitimate answer people have asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Our answers have ranged from Broadway singer to humble teacher, fierce firefighter to rich CEO. When it comes to the time that our reply finally matters, we have absolutely no idea anymore. Suddenly, our thoughts do not revolve around the distant future but the presence. We cannot reach our potential if we do not have a path to follow. What is this path that most of us decide to pursue? One word, two syllables: college. 
Our world is truly sadistic. We are told that in order to receive the career of our choice, we need to participate in higher education. Go to college they said; it will reward you in the end, they said. Except they did not tell us how expensive it would be to further our education, to secure our future. S/O to all of us "young adults" who have to pay for college all by their lonesome selves. Funny thing is that most of us do not have a cent in our names. Where exactly are we supposed to pull out thousands of dollars to ensure a stable future- our anuses? Go to college they said; it will reward you in the end, they said, but first you have to sell your soul to the devil and drown in thousands of dollars of debt. But hey in the chance that you are successful and snag a satisfactory paying job fresh out of school, you could possibly pay off your debt in 20 years, give or take, but you can at least count on loan forgiveness after 20 years. WOOOOOH!
Do not get me wrong. Just because I do not necessarily agree with the cost of higher education, does not mean I do not want to go to college. I just think maybe it would be nice if we were all cut a break, a bigger break than what is offered now. I mean I guess if needed we could all move to Colorado and sell medicinal marijuana for some extra cash