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I think it depends pretty dramatically where you go. It might not be worth it if you go to a school that costs 40k a year. But college in general opens doors to a lot of positions.
Not to say college is the only viable option.
The role models are all dumb corrupt sacks of shit that are on the long road of decline until sometime find out again that meritocracy is better at providing quality.
Shame those lessons need learning time and again.
Good maybe we will finally have some market correction and colleges realize they are not a staple for the American dream anymore.
We need to stop saying "American Dream." It's really beating a dead horse at this point. It feels like such a fictional concept to me.
Of course it's being seen that way.
If I were to go to my university this year, doing the same course I'd have:
£9250 x 4 = £37000 for the 4 year course £9504 x 4 = £38016 for rental accommodation including bills (I picked a rental property that included bills for ease of calculation) £5000 x 4 = £20000 for food (based on £100/week)
That's £95016
And how much of my degree do I use day to day? Jack shit. Anyone starting my job technically does not need a degree. I work with a niche piece of software that is well known in it's field but outside of that is not. No degree would ever cover this
Shit, I figured this out 20 years ago. Where has everyone else been?
In college.
Damn that sucks. Here I am sitting at Uni only paying for the public transport ticket basically.
I feel so free to be able to do this.
Yup, and educated citizens make better citizens. Your country cares about having a civilized, egalitarian society.
The U.S. just wants obedient workers the bourgeoise can control.
I have to disagree with them.
As I've been saying, college is not for the undecided or the indecisive. If you do not have a clear and cut career goal in mind and you still go through college, you will find yourself in a world of debt and financial hurt. All for nothing. All for a degree that means nothing because it sounded cool to you.
Do you really need an arts degree? Do you really need a liberal arts degree? Do you really need a philosophy degree?
No to all, that's just examples.
No longer? I didn't see them as worth the cost fifteen years ago. That's why I emigrated back to my home country so I could study virtually for free.
Your specific situation doesn't apply to everybody.
They didn't say it did
They expressed incredulous disbelief in why people don't agree with them.
They had an option others don't.