College: it's what every parent dreams about and hopes that their kids go to one day. Generations surely have changed over the years. Some of our parents didn’t have the opportunity to go to college. Back in the day, our parents didn’t have much choice, either because they had to stay home and farm or because college was just coming around during that time and was too expensive for them.

I am a college student myself and often wonder what it would be like if our colleges were free to go to. Would America be happier if it was? We go to college to get a degree in a career that we are passionate about. But the outcome is that we are drowning in debt afterwards for many years. There is so much pressure for going to college, but what happens if you are stuck and don’t know what to do?

There are so many options for people who don’t go. If you don’t go to college, you can still have a job that you enjoy and still make a great living.

No matter what job you get with or without a degree, jobs now are so scares that they will hire you and are willing to train you in the position that is available. And even if you didn’t go to college, that doesn’t mean you are worthless and or that you should make less than someone that has a degree.

Going to college is a hard and very important decision to make, but just know that you are never too old to go. There is a lot of success stories out there of older adults who had made the decision to go back. They are grown up and have taken the phrase "what I want to be when I grow up" to a new level.