totally the school admin, counselors and mostly parents fault. they all push college like crazy. not that college is bad in all cases but all too often they will drag kids in and put them is classes that are useless. they only want the money. they don't care if the kid can find a job after graduation as long as they got their money. parents are scared to death of little johnny getting a manual labor job too. the kids you are talking about are that way because of their parents.