I'm not really with you on this one. How is getting a (free in your case?) college education like losing an eye? I know someone who lost his sight in college. Trust me, he would have been a lot happier to have kept his vision and finished his degree.
Ok, so it's a bad analogy.
College helped me to learn the opposite of good social skills and good work habits. I graduated much worse off in those two categories than when I started college. My point is that it's not the best idea to spend your time in college learning to isolate and avoid work.
