Best Four Year Vacation I Ever Had

Derbyshire's often yakking about the college racket. He ain't wrong. Some of us need the education thing. Others of us should try to get rid of any we got. Others need none. I got mine and am glad of it. Still paying for it, but so what?

Derb's advice to the academically non-brilliant young from un-wealthy families, one more time:

If you have a high threshold of boredom and cherish financial security above all else, get a government job — any one will do. Master a few bureacratic survival tactics — avoiding responsibility, advancing by stealth, etc. Settle back. Life's a couch.

If you're more adventurous and independent, learn a useful skill that you can parlay into a small business and take with you to another country if you get the travel bug, or if the U.S.A. folds. Stay clear of the college racket and the student-loan sharks. Keep fit. Life's an adventure playground.

It's all over at The Corner, somewhere, though you'll have to scroll to find it -- and the link to the Forbes piece. Wait, I can give up the Forbes link. Be sure to show it to your college counselor.
Pardon my French but it's too bad I didn't listen to myself and pay that shit off last spring when I still had some money in my 403B. Feh.
Next up: I need a gummint job 'cos I posess the skills, especially the infinite capacity to endure boredom. Need 3 months off every year though. Prefer the desert southwest. Keep in touch if you spot anything.