While I was reading this article, I was totally agreeing with everything the writer had to say. But then I read the original piece by Suze Lee Weiss, and it's clear that Caity Weaver completely misinterpreted something that was supposed to be humorous. My low opinion of Gawker is reinforced.
I think the young Weiss' piece was part humor, but also I think it was very bitter. And Weaver's commentary is spot-on. I think the commentary that's missing is a whole-scale reevaluation of the degree farm ecosystem that college is slowly becoming/already is. College debt has outgrown credit card debt. And is everyone better off for it? University's have benefitted, some part of the collective unconscious desire to further and further educate ourselves is being nourished. But let's face it, school is less and less about learning, more about giving out passing grades, creating a culture that says intelligence=degree, degree=intelligence. And that degree costs more and more every year.