We have raised a generation that is, very broadly-writing, blitheringly ignorant and passionately disinterested in learning.

There are, still, millions of young people who are excited about education, learning, and becoming more intelligient and wise persons. So, despite my hard protests, there is hope.

And, in my own estimation, much of that hope can be harvested at colleges and universities.

No, of course college isn’t for everyone.

But every young person needs some type of advanced education, even if it is a trade school.

Too many young people wind up giving up on high school because they see it as a dead end, rather than a stepping stone to further educational efforts that can prepare them for adulthood.