What could you (or your kid) do with $20,000 instead of going to college for a year?

Zarah says

i think putting value on a college degree depends a lot on the culture you grew up in and belong to. where i come from, it is seen as a “fallback” that yes not many people (myself included) can afford. i managed to finish a 2-year associate’s degree in creative writing at our state university no less, but employers still question this and often say they require a 4-year college degree. i have stopped explaining that i’m a single mother and that the 2-year stint (it actually took me four years to finish) was actually very intense as we were taking up almost half the major subjects required to continue to a bachelor’s degree of your choice under the department after you graduate from the certificate course. but all in all, i think that if you can afford it then go send your kids to college. our children deserve the best. whether they fail or succeed is up to them, what matters is we gave them the option to get an upper hand.

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