Back off - The College one goes to DOES NOT matter!

A really important article for all of us in the high schools - two broad studies were carried out by a mathematician and economist, where they looked over years of data for college graduates, and looked at careers, incomes, and happiness with one's life after college graduation. The results were pretty clear, that it made no difference where one went to college! Going to Harvard or Stanford does not, on average, lead to more money or more happiness than less elite colleges.

This follows other important statistics, such as teens are presently the most stressed population in our society, and by far the biggest stressor is school and our near demands that every teen must go to college if they want to have any chance at having a life worth living. And the pressures to get nothing but A's while taking 6 AP classes and being in every possible club, sport and performance, have increased stress levels, led to record levels of depression and anxiety, and record high cases of teen suicide. We must take it easier on our children, and especially on our teens!

Goals are important, hard work is important, school and learning are important. But life must still be worth living, and happiness is still something that is vital for each of us. And the statistics of this college study are an important piece of all this that we adults should take seriously.