How many people on Yahoo Answers actually have a college education?

What kind of degree do you hold? If you dont have a college education, are you planning on continueing your education? What is your field of major that you are hoping to be educated? How do you plan on paying for your education?
I meet many students who work 2 jobs and go to school full time, I dont understand why so many kids are dropping out. What can we do as educators to help you stay in college?

I admire the fact that as an educator, you seem to truly want young people to be educated.
What I see today, is that many people hold degrees, but very few are educated.
I didn't finish my degree to be a mom, but I still believe that I am "educated"
I know many college students-we live in a college town and it appears that a college education is more of a diploma mill than an educational experience.
I am not bitter about my lack of a degree, I am sad that so many of these young graduates are simply not getting their money's worth.--They copy papers off the Internet, many classes are on line, I just don't "get"it--and I'm not THAT old

I am in college right. At first, I wanted to become a doctor, I changed to nurse, changed to pharmacy and now, I'm thinking about Dentist. I feel like I'm wasting my time though because I'm having a heart attack thinking what if I fail this class or this class?

I'm thinking about dropping this april, But I'm not so sure.
I have a B.A. in secondary education with an endorsement in Language Arts (Literature and Grammar). I have an M.A. in Special Education K-12
I have a BA and a BEd. I fully believe that people put too much emphasis on the BA or BSc, when in reality these degrees are equally worthless without something else. What people need to do is to take the time while they are doing a BA or BSc to decide what they are interested in. Take classes that interest them, and major in a subject that makes them happy. This will help you decide what you should do. My degree is in Theatre and English, and I realized while doing it that I needed to be in a job that is creative and structured at the same time. I love kids, so teaching was what I decided on. People drop out because they feel like the bachelor's degree is pointless, and for some it may be. It is the emphasis that people put on university and the pressure they feel to go into it right after highschool, not giving them time to decide what direction they want to go in. My parents had saved a lot for my education, and I payed for the rest with student loans. My parents make too much for me to get one when I first started, but by the time I needed one (fourth year) I was old enough and had lived away from home long enough that I was able to apply independantly.
Based on the questions and the grammar displayed, my guess would be, very few!
I graduated as a bachelor degree, but I'm not sure about if I will continue my education or not. probably, I'll take a master degree in the next few years. my major is optical science.
it's not necessary for everyone keep staying in college.

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I completely agree with Smpl1969 and Heinz M. My first degree was a BA w. 3 majors(Eng/Ling/CanStudies). Next came TESOL and after that an MEd. I have taught immigrants for many years and then I switched to ESL teacher training. I loved teaching but I decided to retire at 53 mostly due to institutional politics. I don't know what the answer is to your question but from my perspective, it seems that students today are confusing education with job training even though the two don't have to be mutually exclusive. Marks seem to be everything and the moral compass has shifted to such a degree that cheating is now seen as a sport. If you look at some of the questions posted on here about how to cheat, best cheating sites, essays for sale...it seems that studying has now become an alien concept. Another phenomenon evident on this board is the attack on teachers based on the "a good defense is a good offense" in getting away with bad behaviour, lack of effort and lack of a work ethic. A lot of my student teachers were from Asian countries where memorization (and cheating) are the norm. They were always shocked when the exams I designed were not multiple choice or definitions but critical thinking questions. However, in the end they were won over by the concept of actually understanding and I have great hope that at least a few of them will try to change the system.