Originally Posted by Dude
The purpose of high school is not to prepare you for a specific role in life... that's what college is for. High school is to prepare you for college, and also provide those basic skills everyone should have.

The purpose of college these days is to render you employable. As the student, you want to minimize debt. It's the new high school.

Lots of people have no idea what to go do with themselves in college, but you have to major in *something* to graduate.