I think that you have to take things in context. Today, many colleges are more interested in making money and growing than they are in education. Our society has also convinced parents that their kids are a failure if they don't go to college. I've got news. Not every kid is college material and many to very well as plumbers, electricians, and auto mechanics. A good friend of mine went o trade school and is now in charge of maintenance for a major airline at one of the busiest airports in the country.

I taught at a college for 15 years and I would say that the majority of kids in my class had no business being in college. Many shouldn't have been given high school diplomas. They were there because their parents forked over the money and that's all colleges are interested in these days. We have teachers unions and colleges working hard to make everyone feel that they must go to college.

I have two sons. One is an auto mechanic and the other is a software engineer. One went to college and they other got his training in the US military. They both are very successful in their fields.

My brother has two sons. One went to college for journalism. He is 27 years old, lives at home and works part time covering high school sports for a local newspaper. He also works in the bag room of a local country club in the summer. His brother went to trade school and became a plumber. He's very successful, owns his own business and owns a house.

Colleges are interested in growing and becoming universities. The people that work at universities make more money. The people that run colleges want as many kids going as possible because the more students they have, the more money they make. Standards for getting into college have been lowered to this end. Many colleges, especially state schools will take anyone that has the money. I know kids that didn't have a high school diploma that got into college. The college just offered them the high school classes that they needed in order to have enough credits to graduate.

Now if a kid couldn't make it through high school, what do you think his chances are at getting a college degree?

And they'll give most kids a bachelor's degree if they simply attend class.

I worked with a young man who had a degree and he was working as a shoe salesman in a golf store. His degree was in communications and he was holding out for a job as a sports radio personality.This kid was a dumb as a box of rocks and never should have graduated from college. In fact, he got in on a football scholarship which he lost in his senior year because he was caught taking drugs. I haven't seen him in over ten years but I'm guessing that he's still selling golf shoes.

Are colleges bad for America? Many of them are and the notion that they promote that every kid needs to go to college or is a failure is bad for America.