zeckgxThen please explain what you believe the purpose of collage is so that I may understand.
The mere fact that you ask that question says a lot about the many things that you've likely failed to learn in life thus far. I dropped out of high school in 11th grade and made my living as a framer doing piece work (the faster you go the more money you make). I was making more than $60k a year while my "dumb" friends went to collage so they could make $20-30K (if they were lucky) their first year out with a 4 year degree. Keep in mind this was the early 80's and $60k was a very good living.
6 years later and making close to $100k a year but now with an aching back, I could see the future and decided that skilled labor for the rest of my life wasn't for me. Needless to say, I enrolled in collage like all my dumb friends had done years earlier. Btw, many of them were now making $100k+ while sitting in a nice air conditioned office with a view.
Fast forward. I retired at 50 and was making $1m+ each of my last 5 years of employment. I've interviewed 100's of applicants over the years and can tell you with absolute certainty, education is as much about the process you go through, the discipline required to get the grades, the motivation to see it through to graduation, as it is about the upper division courses you took in your specific field.
I once took a "worthless" art history class while in collage as I needed an elective and it fit in my schedule. I thought it would be an easy "A" and with some studying, it was. Years later I found my self in a meeting in Chicago with a few board members from a company Sam Zell ran (Sam is an avid skier btw) and one of the floors they occupy in the high rise office is filled with art work from a museum they foreclosed on. Being able to discuss with the board members the various pieces of art and their history (while my colleagues just stood there with nothing to say) went a long ways toward putting together the deal we were working on. Make no mistake about it, knowledge is power and education is a quick and easy way to acquire vast amounts of knowledge from others that have made it their life's work to gift it to you.
And for what its worth, I went to a community college, got a 4.0 and after 2 years, took my 60 units to a small law school in San Diego where they gave me a full scholarship. I next embarked on a career that allowed me to retire comfortably at 50 and take up park skiing while still having several years left in my prime :)
So yeah, it's my opinion that a collage education serves a useful purpose but as is always the case, YMMV.
