College is a waste of time, “because it has become the thing to do or because college is a pleasant place to be; because it's the only way they can get their parents or taxpayers to support them without getting a job they don't like; because their mother wanted them to leave, or for some other completely irrelevant reason…” (Bird 5-8). These are unnecessary accusations because it lumps everyone who decides to go to college into one group. I didn't decide to come to college because my mom told me to or because everyone else did. It was my choice to come to college. I also support myself with a part-time job. I don't make my parents or taxpayers pay for my expenses. He further states, “And few parents are sophisticated enough to understand that, in terms of financial returns alone, their children would be better off with money than with education” (181-183). Here, he is implying that not all parents are sophisticated if they send their children to college, and that money is better than education. Bird is generalizing everyone who goes to college by implying that they only do it for the money. Using hasty generalizations is irrelevant and useless to Bird's overall judgment