Nic Ramos is a man who will someday tell you what you're doing wrong with your money.

Tuition rates are higher than ever at colleges and universities nationwide. To show what an attention-seeker man of conviction he is, economics major Nic Ramos paid off his $14,309.51 semester tuition bill at the University of Colorado-Boulder by bringing a duffel bag to the bursar's office filled entirely in $1 bills. (Plus a penny and a half dollar piece. But why be so particular??) This was to show what an extreme bit of cash it takes to go to college.

Ha! Not really. It was done because Nic Ramos thought it'd be funny. But let's pretend.

I should be more specific--Nic Ramos isn't paying his tuition bill. Nic Ramos's parents are paying Nic Ramos's out-of-state tuition bill. (He's from California.) But almost every media outlet reporting this story today prefers skimming over that point. In fact, they skim over the delightful little nugget that Nic Ramos didn't choose the University of Colorado-Boulder for silly reasons like a great economics program or potential employment opportunities.

Nah. He decided his parents could pay his $28,000 yearly tuition at an out-of-state school so he could be closer to the mountains and snow conditions. In essence, it's the world's priciest ski lift ticket. If there was ever a more noble human being alive, I doubt they've ever met Nic Ramos.

The best part is that in ten years Nic Ramos, economics-major-turned-banking-executive, will chastise Americans for not saving enough money. And he should know how to save money--since he never had to spend a dime to get himself through college.