The Case for a College Degree

Wes O'Donnell
5 min readOct 16, 2019

Look, I love Mike Rowe. And while he has never actually argued against the importance of a college education, he is very vocal in his scolding of a society that promotes college ahead of all other forms of education.

And I agree; college is not for everyone. Some of my closest friends are electricians, plumbers, and mechanics. And you know what? They are debt-free.

Having said that, online and off there continues the same set of tired arguments against attaining a college degree. In our society, if an argument is repeated often enough and loud enough…

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Wes O'Donnell

Army & Air Force Veteran | Global Security guy at War is Boring, GEN, OneZero | Intel Forecaster | Law Student | TEDx Speaker | Pro-Democracy | Pro-Human Rights