Paying a fortune to a college for something you can get by just reading is nonsense.
As an aside, I took a course in my senior year of undergrad school entitled "Study of the Short Story." We had a text book that focused mostly on James Joyce. I read the text book before the course started and would have been bored to tears except that I sat behind a really cute girl.
The professor added absolutely nothing that I couldn't have gotten from the library or book store.
I took a short story class in college. We were supposed to analyze a bunch of short stories.
I’m admittedly pretty dense. Even in my mid 50’s, I have virtually no introspective ability. I take things at face value.
The instructor must have led a somewhat perverted lifestyle. He saw graphic and demented sex in every word of every story.
I did poorly in that course because I just don’t and can’t bring myself to think that way.
Paying a fortune to a college for something you can get by just reading is nonsense.
Actually this is more true today then ever. The internet has opened up learning more than even the printing press did. It is possible to find information on almost any subject you are interested in.
I have watched many college level lectures on subjects I am interested in. May not earn a degree but I am gaining an education.