#53 Doug: I am currently reading Crawford’s book, Shop Class as Soul Craft, and he provides a number of interesting thoughts. I agree with his premise that pushing all high schoolers toward college is not a great thing and in many ways counter-productive in society. If you are going to end up fixing A/C’s eventually, why take on college debt first? For my money, the military provides all the opportunity without the liabilities. You learn a skill and earn money for college. That is how many of our fathers started out. (and today, many more mothers) It also produces better citizens.