Education gives you knowledge to understand things and how to deal with it, which would broaden your thinking horizon. If you regard education as a tool purely to gain employment? You would be at loss in the long run. There is life apart from employment.
YES! If you depend on your Unemployment than don't even think the word college let alone sign up. I found out the hard way, sure I am in college now but about to loose my apartment, transportation, and have been eating Mac N Cheese for the past two weeks. (And no, I am not kidding or full of BS) Welcome to Michigan!