And another thing...
I too am sick of EVERY kid being pushed into college because other options are poorly presented. Some of the dumbest people I've ever met I met in college and probably never should have been there! Conversely, I just got done putting an addition on our house, and I paid a bunch of intelligent, skilled people who never went to college a lot of money to do it! Believe me, there's been more than one day I've been staring at my computer at work on a beautiful day wondering if I wouldn't rather be a carpenter!