September 3, 2009  | | Comments (11)     I saw a report on TV
the other night about Purdue University in Peru (pronounced PEE-
roo), Ind. They've started a program that works to keep students
enrolled past their freshmen year. Nationally, the report said,
34 percent of college freshmen either drop out, flunk out or go
to a different college their second year.  That stat tells me
two things. A little more than a third of all college students
choose the wrong school, and not every kid is college material.
I know about the latter. I was one of them. I would've wasted a
lot of time and money as a college student. I would've flunked
out by the first grade period. I knew me well enough then to
know that I would've excelled in alcohol, drugs, sex and art. I
would've done all right in rock 'n' roll, too, but I would've
cratered in everything else.  The national intense emphasis on
college is a huge societal mistake. It's causing many kids and
their families to make the wrong choice. A kid who would make a
fine electri