College only provides TIME if you're part of a privileged class of people who:
- Had parents who instilled strong academic achievement at an early age.
- are between the ages of 18 and 22 with no family to take care of, no serious medical conditions, and really no major financial obligations.
- are interested enough and have the mental aptitude to study a major that can justify sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
- are sound enough to make it through a sometimes very rough and volatile period of young adulthood and stay focused enough to actually learn the material.
College is a privilege, historically that's what college was, only recently did college become a ticket to the middle class in the minds of most people. I really think that attitude needs to change. In all honesty, I make more than enough money now to go back and finish my degree and I'd probably get a lot more out of college a second time around - because I'd be there to learn, not to try to get the biggest paycheck. The incentives for college these days are all wrong. We need more young people spending their earlier years learning how to actually provide concrete value for the market, once they earn the money, then they can go and get that foundational and expansive education - most of which will certainly better you as a person but you'll never actually use in any concrete way in your day to day life.
- Had parents who instilled strong academic achievement at an early age.
- are between the ages of 18 and 22 with no family to take care of, no serious medical conditions, and really no major financial obligations.
- are interested enough and have the mental aptitude to study a major that can justify sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
- are sound enough to make it through a sometimes very rough and volatile period of young adulthood and stay focused enough to actually learn the material.
College is a privilege, historically that's what college was, only recently did college become a ticket to the middle class in the minds of most people. I really think that attitude needs to change. In all honesty, I make more than enough money now to go back and finish my degree and I'd probably get a lot more out of college a second time around - because I'd be there to learn, not to try to get the biggest paycheck. The incentives for college these days are all wrong. We need more young people spending their earlier years learning how to actually provide concrete value for the market, once they earn the money, then they can go and get that foundational and expansive education - most of which will certainly better you as a person but you'll never actually use in any concrete way in your day to day life.