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You do realize that the majority of basket weaving is done by factory workers in China, right? And those factory worker positions not only don't require a basket weaving degree, they don't require any form of formal education what-so-ever.
And why would you need a basket weaving degree to start a basket weaving company? Did bill gates have a software engineering degree? How about Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, or Steve Jobs?
Are you seriously going to argue that someone needs a four year degree to weave baskets? Or that such a degree is going to open up any kind of career opportunities?
Ah yes, the bulletproof "Steve Jobs didn't graduate!" argument. Here's the thing, all of those guys you mentioned are once in a generation entrepreneuers/visionaries and are outliers. Their IQs are in the top .00001% of the curve. 99.99999% of people aren't going to start the next great software innovation company at 20 and need some sort of education to get into the workforce.
We need to not be so narrow minded and obtuse, and realize that the world needs art teachers, social workers and librarians.
Exactly. And that's putting it nicely.
I think students should definitely be aware of their options, college or not, certain majors or not, however calling certain ones useless just reeks of someone's jilted agenda.
Most people that go to college will end up paying a substantial amount for housing and tuition. Why would anyone pay all that money if not for career advancement?
If you want to learn, simply for the sake of learning, there are many free routes that one could take, including auditing college courses.
Auditing college courses won't help you really learn what you learn in college however. Since most of the education occurs outside of the classes, you're really just setting yourself up to be less educated. Which would be fine if that's what you want... but most people who go to college want an education.
I agree. College is for career advancement. You can learn for free.
But to get a higher education, you need to go to college. And not just to attend classes.
The good news is that you can go to college for free if you wanted.
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