Community College Was The Right Choice For My Son And I No Longer Feel Guilty

“He’s going to community college,” were the words I had uttered many times, as people asked what my son was doing after high school graduation. Those same people would then go on to tell me what a great decision it was, how smart we were, how bad student debt is, or how much money we would save. They would say this, while at the same time telling me that their son or daughter was going away to a 4 years school.

“Going away,” the opposite of “staying home.”

“Going away” meant anything from Tam...