[Rick Lee]

I'm not saying the world needs ditch diggers too, but let's face it - college is not for everyone. It didn't do much for my career, though my prep school, which cost more than my college, has certainly shaped me and it even helped me land my first job. I am sure I would have done at least as well without a college degree.

I knew kids in prep school, who at age 14, had getting into Dartmouth or Duke or wherever as their top priority in life. I mean nothing else mattered. They took the Princeton Review course many times, took practice SAT's at least once or twice a year and only did whatever they thought would look good on a college app. The goofiest kid in my class ended up at the Naval Academy and is now flying Harriers. He's crashed one too! And one of the smartest kids in my class ended up selling Elvis commemorative plates and making good money at it.

I can't believe a kid in his pre-teens or even younger is already cut out for this or that college. And one of the best things about this country is that we have sooooo many colleges and universities to fit just abut every kind of kid.