Colleges and universities aren't going anywhere for a while.
They sell a dream to suckers, and there are far more suckers and people who just don't know any better, than there are people with brains and a nuanced understanding of the disconnect between college and real-world success.
What does a university ostensibly promise?
1. A bright future for its graduates (that, alone, is worth the price of admission to most).
2. The reassurance to parents that they have done right by their children by investing in their future vis a vis a 'higher' education. And the ego gratification and respectability that they are "good parents".
3. To the kids - 4 (more) years of bullshit classes and unbridled debauchery on their parents' dime, but this time out of their parents' reach.
4. To the kids - a 4 year deferment of having to learn anything objectively valuable in the marketplace.
5. To the kids - the luxury to indulge in philosophies that teach victimhood, irresponsibility and childishness of every kind, that are extremely appealing to kids who haven't been confronted with the real world yet, and are dreading the day.
These universities aren't ushering in waves of mature adults ready to take on the world and do something useful and profitable. They're producing glib children, crippled by their own self-victimization and destined for mediocrity.
In order to uproot the toxic university system, a clear and attractive alternative to going to college will have to emerge.
A lot of kids are now getting into online business at a young age, but they're still a teeny tiny minority.
I went to University for 5 years and studied classical music, which actually taught me how to really work my ass off because few professions are as demanding and masochistic as professional classical musicians (jazz guys too, they practice their asses off).
And I left school debt-free because I had a full ride academic scholarship, which is great.
BUT, had I spent those 5 years starting an online business, I guaran-damn-tee you that I'd be a millionaire today.
But I didn't even know that kind of thing existed or was an option. Even if I knew, I doubt I would have thought it had anything to do with me.
The point is this: colleges and universities represent a carved out path that you don't have to think about. You just do it. You take on the debt, you study the bullshit, you get the degree and wear the gown, and then more than 50% of the time, you have to start your career from scratch because most people wind up in fields unrelated to their degree.
It's a great racket to be in.
They sell a dream to suckers, and there are far more suckers and people who just don't know any better, than there are people with brains and a nuanced understanding of the disconnect between college and real-world success.
What does a university ostensibly promise?
1. A bright future for its graduates (that, alone, is worth the price of admission to most).
2. The reassurance to parents that they have done right by their children by investing in their future vis a vis a 'higher' education. And the ego gratification and respectability that they are "good parents".
3. To the kids - 4 (more) years of bullshit classes and unbridled debauchery on their parents' dime, but this time out of their parents' reach.
4. To the kids - a 4 year deferment of having to learn anything objectively valuable in the marketplace.
5. To the kids - the luxury to indulge in philosophies that teach victimhood, irresponsibility and childishness of every kind, that are extremely appealing to kids who haven't been confronted with the real world yet, and are dreading the day.
These universities aren't ushering in waves of mature adults ready to take on the world and do something useful and profitable. They're producing glib children, crippled by their own self-victimization and destined for mediocrity.
In order to uproot the toxic university system, a clear and attractive alternative to going to college will have to emerge.
A lot of kids are now getting into online business at a young age, but they're still a teeny tiny minority.
I went to University for 5 years and studied classical music, which actually taught me how to really work my ass off because few professions are as demanding and masochistic as professional classical musicians (jazz guys too, they practice their asses off).
And I left school debt-free because I had a full ride academic scholarship, which is great.
BUT, had I spent those 5 years starting an online business, I guaran-damn-tee you that I'd be a millionaire today.
But I didn't even know that kind of thing existed or was an option. Even if I knew, I doubt I would have thought it had anything to do with me.
The point is this: colleges and universities represent a carved out path that you don't have to think about. You just do it. You take on the debt, you study the bullshit, you get the degree and wear the gown, and then more than 50% of the time, you have to start your career from scratch because most people wind up in fields unrelated to their degree.
It's a great racket to be in.