The Jesus factor

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College should absolutely be an experience. You are there to learn and that should be your primary goal. For many it is also their first time out on their own where they must learn to be responsible learn to do things on their own. Their parents are not there to make them do things, they need to learn some self discipline. Those are things you don't learn in class, you learn by the experience of having to stay up all night to get a project done because you did not get it done ealier. You learn through experience that if you stayed out all night partying and did not study for that test. You will likely fail it. Most should have learned this long before college, but often there is a parent there to nag them about studying. If you go away to college your parents are not there to nag you to sudy for that test or get that project done before the night before it is due.
You are right that there are people who should not go to college. They are better suited to either a trade or other profession that does not require a college degree. There are definitely people in my current class that are wasting their money on classes toward a degree. The class is a lower level class required for most majors, so there are a lot of people in it. Many are likely to be weeded out as they get to higher level classes. This is one of the last classes I will be taking for my degree, I did notice as the classes became more difficult there were fewer people who made it through the classes.
High schools want to encourage people to get a degree as it is often a key to a better paying job and career advancement. This may not alwys be the case, but many companies use a degree as a tool to weed out who they will consider hiring for many jobs.