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When are dumb decisions rewarded?
Several years ago, a hurricane damaged the coast of the New Jersey shore pretty badly.
Lots of expensive homes close to the water were heavily damaged, and the storm also shifted the sand and beaches a good bit, so people had much more or much less beach than they did previously.
This should have been a "school of hard knocks" life lesson learned moment.
You know what, we shouldn’t live next to the ocean since every few years, a storm takes it all away. — said no one
Nope, our society doesn't have conversations about the consequences of terrible decision-making. Instead, we develop fundraising and rebuilding schemes with mottos like "Stronger than the Storm."
We would look the storm in the eye, stiffen our backs, and build exactly where we had before. No, even closer. The storm must respect our resolve.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of students embark to universities.
However, out of the starting batch, there are groups of students who have no aptitude for a college environment and drop out quickly. Those who take degrees will never pay well to provide an ROI on education. Then some get partway through and call it quits.
