Good article. I had a similar experience with my guidance counselor. When I asked him about helping me get a scholarship (I was an honor roll student), he just handed me a thick book listing companies and foundations that gave out scholarships and said, "pick one". What did I know about which one to apply for? And then he told me that I should apply to the college that he attended, and when I asked where it was, he said he didn't know. I said, "You mean you attended there for four years and you don't know what town it's in? That's kind of strange". He just looked down and walked away from me. I thought guidance counselors were supposed to "guide" students.