But many do not, and between the Internet and an excellent public library system, most Americans can learn pretty much anything for a nominal fee.

FORBES: Five Reasons To Skip College

But you can also learn those things in a library or on your Kindle while traveling or whatever it may be.

FORBES: The $100 Higher Education: Chris Guillebeau on Inexpensive Startups as Real-World Education

Part of the fun of watching an entire library go up for sale is that it lets us learn about the person who assembled it.

FORBES: Twain, Bront?, Whitman: Collecting Personality or Personality Collecting?