I work with a guy who went to an Ivy League school.

Recently, he had to take some classes at a local community college for a certification.

Now all I hear is him grumbling about (and I quote), “I can’t believe I wasted all that fucking money when I was young and dumb! The community college classes were better-taught, smaller and just all-around higher quality than the classes at my school. And that cost me $45,000 a year. I got ripped off.”

He’s not the first one I’ve heard say that, but he’s the first I’ve heard in person.

Nothing wrong with going to an Ivy, of course — but realize you’re probably buying a name and social networking, and not an education. And that name and social networking can be very expensive.