Reading an article about post-graduates' life has left me thoughtful... although many of the conclusions they came to had already occurred to me.
For one thing, they point out that many graduates don't earn as much as undergraduates do. After all, we must bear in mind that by the age of 24 or 25, undergraduates are already quite experienced after having been working for around 7 years or so. So, apart from having more expertise in their field, they also tend to be more mature, with more adaptability and drive (which certainly makes them more employable). Unlike most graduates, who have nothing more than insecurity trimmed with outstanding qualifications, which leads them to get one temporary badly-paid job after another until they turn 30 or even more!
For another thing, for our generation going to university has become a sort of fan. Mind you, there are those who have always known what they wanted to study and went for it. Many others, however, just went to university because they were expected to do so, and it's only years later that they're realizing they don't like their lifestyle.
Many agree that all those years' effort didn't worth. After all, they don't have an easier life than the ones who haven't studied, on the contrary! In actual fact, too often having an university degree makes them uneasy when having to do the same kind of work (which is becoming more and more usual, by the way!). Others do have well-paid jobs, but jobs which don't suit family life, involving a lot of travelling or long hours, for example.
I put this disappointment and general feeling of failure down to having decided our future in a hurry. Students usually choose a career the very summer they finish high school and very few, if any, take a gap year to do different things, to broaden their horizons and to learn more about the world and themselves. This would give them time to think about what they want to study and what they want to achieve in life.
In short, it would be worthwhile to set some time aside to ponder the advantages and drawbacks of going to university and to make up your mind.
