[QUOTE=operator]Honestly, there wasn't really anything good to choose from graduating hs (absolutely no idea what I wanted to do). I had a really good teacher for com sci in h.s and thought that Uni classes would be similarily enjoyable (mistake #1) so I applied for that.QUOTE]

Yup, that's how i ended up with an english degree. and now after 5 years of university and five years of full time office work, i'm headed back to college.

my real gripe with the education system (at least when i was in highschool) is that there in little to no emphasis on students learning useful trades. at least where i came from the trades were looked at as something you followed if you didn't have the grades to get into university. if you ask me, every student should learn a skilled trade (tailoring, masonry, mechanics, whatever) in high school. i spend five years in secondary education and left essentially unskilled. i don't regret it but i can't saythat it prepared me for any sort of useful employment. most liberal arts degrees are only useful if they are paired with practical training, or if you enter the world of academia (which only breeds more of the same).
yes things are getting better with combined university/college degrees from ryerson, seneca, etc. but yes TJ, you're right about getting education later in life. work as a dishwasher or whatever when your out of high school, screw around and figure out what you like then spend the money on higher education.