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Wayne, you crack me up...

I'm pretty sure you are a MIT graduate right?

Your quote:

"I don't care if she's done a great job - it sends a very poor message if there is no action taken."

Well the message has already been sent- It turns out that very often a college degree has nothing to do with a persons ability to do a job.

Personally I think the whole notion of having to spend $100K to get a degree a totally antiquated concept. Any person, motivated, with a $20 per month Internet connection and a $600 laptop can learn anything on their own, often much better than being taught by a professor with tenure who hasn't been in the real world work force for 20+ years.

I graduated with a BS mechanical engineering school from a *****ty state school. I went on to teach myself programming, circuit design, and ultimately RF engineering and modulation theory. I founded a RF modem company, and still to this day have a design that is price competitive even though is was designed 8 years ago...

I think people who are saving now to send their six year old to college twelve years from now just don't get the modern world.

By that time, for about $300 you will be able to buy an interactive DVD: Four year BS degree in a box.

Spending time teaching your kids how to learn, the joys of deferred gratification, creativity and motivation is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than spending time at work putting money in their $300K college fund thinking you're doing a great job as a parent...