College can be and usually is, a babysitting service for teenagers. For four (and increasingly five) years the young mush heads are filled with the venom injected by people who decided they wanted to be professors as a profession. They specialize in theoretical sophistry that, while sometimes interesting, is most often irrelevant in the “world o’ work” where the mush heads must somehow survive post graduation.
And yes, I graduated from a prestigious university.
Coincidentally, I was discussing this topic with my adult daughter a couple days ago. She was telling me how tough it is for young people because a college degree is required in order to get a job. She is doing well with a high-paid job in the biotech industry.
I told her, it's not the degree that is important, it's the acquired skills and knowledge that are important. Unfortunately, dumb kids are being pushed through college and are not acquiring skills nor knowledge. She agrees to an extent, saying that all one has to do is show up in class breathing and they graduate. So-called underprivileged kids that have no intention of learning are allowed in with an advantage not given to more deserving kids.