No one wants a world without college. Citizens would be uneducated. Science would cease to advance. And back-stocked Hot Pockets would overcrowd warehouses across the country. But it's an interesting hypothetical. Just like the History Channel's Life After People predicts the first structures to crumble in the absence of human support, the following list outlines the first likely casualties in a world without college.
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1. Interstate Bus Lines--What about the military? EVERY cliché son-goes-off-to-war scene from war-themed movies features a kid getting on a Greyhound or Trailways bus. And, how long ago was this written, because, last I checked, at least in the Northeast, the "Chinatown buses" are making a KILLING off all age groups, not just college-aged people?
2.The MLA: Truth-be-told, I spent more time learning MLA rules from one of the most GRUELING teachers I had back in high school--and I had her TWICE!!
3. "Rear-end Advertising:" Lately it seems to have been taken up by rich, suburban stay-at-home moms as a way to stay "hip" in the eyes of their spoiled-rotten daughters.
4. Lanyards: Coaches and the health care industry.
5. Squirrels: Bums and old people.
6. Registrars: If colleges didn't exist, these oh-so-cheerful people would shift over to an equally as cantankerous industry: human resources.
7. Table tennis balls: As if you need to go to college to play beer pong.
8. Starbucks: The commercial driving industry keeps them in business, trust me. Where else to get a pick-me-up to squeeze out an extra 200 miles before you *really* need to hit up a rest stop?
To the writer: Great job! This was hilarious.
Without colleges we would have some sort of civil unrest - what else would we do without football to keep us entertained?
And since when is an average middle-class salary (for 60-75 hours of work per week) huge?
The myth of the overpaid, under worked professor is as big of a lie as the myth of Republican fiscal responsibility.
I remember spending nearly three dollars for an "Energy" soda. back then, didnt have to think about it.
In the real world, never!!!