It’s ridiculous to send a kid to college.

It gets more ridiculous every day.

Not that it’s wrong to learn – far from it – but what’s truly nuts is spending in some cases upwards of $200k for four years of undergrad education, when the internet (and inexpensive books and inexpensive travel) is practically stuffing information down our throats.

Some fields require a degree. If you insist on entering one of those fields, it’s just something you have to do. But even in those fields, your degree can be done cheaper and easier than you might think.

Feel like you just need a degree? Then get something generic, and get it out of the way, and stop letting it interfere with your learning. You can actually get a regionally accredited bachelor’s degree via distance/online for under $10k. And that kind of degree certifying can be done while you work or travel or just generally have a good time.

In the meantime, you (or your child) are not stuck for 4 or more years in some backwater educational factory, while you could be having fun. Or making money. Or both.