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In the U.S., less than 1/10 of one percent of the population learns to play
golf, play the guitar, or do needle point.

I don't have figures for those hobbies, although I know that golf is extremely
expensive.

Only you would think a teenage kid getting a summer job is "extreme".

I don't think that. But a teenager getting a summer job just to pay for
flying lessons is extremely unusual.

People with a college education tend to make more money than uneducated
people like you.

From what I've seen, the advantages of a college education are debatable,
after you adjust for years of lost revenue and the cost of repaying loans.

Nor do they go to Asia, Fiji, the Bahamas, or lots of other places.

True.