In the 1920s, the American economy was on the rise with no signs of stopping. Nicknamed the “Roaring Twenties,” this era brought good times to almost everyone except farmers. Farmers bought new, expensive farm equipment hoping for big returns on their investment, but their increased efficiency saturated the market. Their agricultural production grew too quickly, and to meet their needs, farmers feverishly began planting as many crops as possible to compensate for falling prices. This overexploitation of agriculture has ruined the soil of its herbs. Without roots to hold the topsoil, the prevailing winds of the 1930s swept the soil across the Midwest and destroyed any possibility of for-profit farming. After all, the need to pay off the debt they had incurred by purchasing this expensive new farm equipment forced farmers to move and find jobs in the city. This event was known as the Dust Bowl. In the 2010s, America faces a similar threat. Teenagers attend expensive colleges in hopes of big earnings, but the abundance of college graduates saturates the market. This lack of good jobs leads to underemployment of overqualified people. Non-college graduates in this situation cannot get a decent job and feel that the only way to get a job is to go to college, which leads to even more graduates. After all, the need to pay off debt incurred by attending expensive colleges forces college graduates to look for money in mediocre jobs. I would call it the College Bowl, but that would sound a little too much like some sort of football event. Perhaps the Graduate Bowl would be a better substitute for the Dust Bowl, because being a college graduate these days is like being dust in the wind. Education is no longer the way to get... middle of paper ... it's seemingly impossible to force people to avoid college, it's best to simply accept that the value of a degree decreases and continues to decrease. Then, once almost all of America has a college degree, the next trend will be to get a master's degree, or maybe even a doctorate. It will be a dark day for America when that man scanning your milk at the grocery store is a doctor. The solution might be to make it harder to get a degree. Should everyone really be able to get a college degree? Works Cited McGuinness, William. "Half of recent college graduates work in jobs that don't require a degree: report." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, January 29, 2013. Web. November 5, 2013. Weissmann, Jordan. "The Atlantic". The Atlantic. Np, April 23, 2012. Web. November 1, 2013. De Vise, Daniel. "Education." Washington Post. Np, September 13, 2011. Web. November 7. 2013.