Pomtzu-I would never ask you your age, but, I got the idea that you were a little bit older than Genny. In today's world, things are much different than they were 30 years ago. Again, I don't know your age, and if I have presumed you were older than you are, please forgive me.

I think I saw elsewhere your post about your two brothers being engineers. I don't know what kind of engineers they are/were. I can't think of any engineers today that are not college trained (civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical(in fact, my dad is a chem e, with a phd in it...and he is O.L.D. ). A good friend of my mother's earned his engineering degree (civil), and this was prolly 20 years ago! It was, simply put, a requirement for any sort of advancment. My friend at work, her husband is STILL struggling through a 4 year program to earn his degree for surveying. I say struggling as he has a wife, and 2 beautiful girls, as well as a full time job. No way will he advance without it. See, someone encouraged him to just get a 2 year degree. And, he did 12 years ago. The market changed. I can't imagine that we will go backwards from here in terms of technology. With CSR jobs being shipped off to who knows where, it is a scary time for many.

Today, entering the job market, your chances of a good career path are limited without a 4 year degree. To encourage a young person like Genny of any other notion seems short-sighted. If she were MY daughter, I couldn't do it in good faith. I know with my son, it won't be an option.