No, it's morally wrong to adopt a pet and mistreat it and abuse it. It is also morally wrong to put these animals to death because people can't take care of them and leave them to starve. Why bring new animals if they are going to get abused. Also, stray animals have diseases and rabies can kill your child. Keep these pets under control.

It buys temporary materialistic happiness that will end once it is over used. Money can never buy you love, family, and true friends which are the keys to happiness. It will buy you fake friends and once your money is over, those friends are over too.

High school graduates today are not able to obtain the number of high-paying jobs that were once available in the past. The U.S. jobs transformed from a manufacturing-based economy to an economy based on knowledge. I think that a college education today can be compared to that of a high school education forty years ago.