Ignorance Doesn't Always Equal Bliss

Hey Good People, an idea that's on my mind quite often  reared it's head again today and I just have speak on it once more so there are no misconceptions about my intentions. Earlier this month I posted this to Facebook:

"I'm getting really disappointed in this 'college or die' mindset. Especially for my black people. Granted it has been installed in us since practically birth but college is NOT a mandate it is an OPTION. One of many might I add. Now don't get me wrong college is a wonderful experience I've experienced a few and its great if you decide that it's what YOU want. But if you can hone your craft at your own pace without it costing a cent why would you not want to? Don't go to college so your families who barely graduated high school or who graduated and want you to be their clone, can be survived vicariously through you. Do it because that is where you want to be. But if not , if you don't go it doesn't make you 'another uneducated nigger' it just means you have a larger freer way of quenching your thirst for knowledge. Self-teaching. Traveling. Writing. Whatever works.As long as you are content with who you are. Getting a degree doesn't make your life more valuable than anyone else's. Especially not if you're being charged by the class for it. If you do go and decide it isn't for you, it's also okay to leave. You can still flourish. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard in his sophmore year and I'm writing this on HIS site. (Facebook will be 10 in July) Whereas George Bush graduated from Yale in 1968 AND Harvard in 1975. And we all KNOW he's mentally a bag of dust bunnies. So really people 'college or die' is propaganda to say the least."  

I fully stand behind what I voiced, HOWEVER  I just want to make it clear that this post doesn't only apply to black people and is NOT racially motivated. I also  have come to notice that a huge chunk of today's youth apply this theory to their lives as a justification for acting out in society as ignorantly as possible. The more I watch the news, and take to social media the more saddened I become. Young children  are killing each other and flooding their newsfeeds about it. Is technology apart of the problem or the solution?  Like why is it that babies can use a tablet BEFORE they can write their names? Do you think college should be a mandate for the underachievers of the technological era? I mean I really can't say, all I know is I asked my eleven year old sister if she knew who Toni Morrison was and her response was "No, but I'll see if I can follow her on Instagram" Scary. I know, and she's one of the smart ones. Anyway I don't know about you guys but I'm worried about the leaders of tomorrow because it's evident they are the slackers of today.