People should not be led to believe that college is a place where you show up , they unscrew the top of your head and pour knowledge into your brain. Learning is not a passive activity. Some people love to learn. For other people, learning is very painful. College is not for everyone.
I say that about 1/2 of college is learning information.
The other 1/2 is learning to survive, manage time, and make unpleasant decisions.
With the knowledge, an employer can train you for what he needs.
The other gets you to the job on time, gets bills paid, etc. Kind of like a stint in the Military.
It depends-
Some people go to college to ‘find themselves’, or just because that’s what they are supposed to do.
Others go to learn specific technical skills. For the latter, it can be an excellent investment. I know people who went to college of EE, petroleum engineering, accounting -all are doing fine.
Correct, college is not for everyone. College is what you make of it. You want to know where this country is headed. Look at its Universities. Where the students completely lack basic skills. They no longer know how to think critically, how to form arguments, then support those arguments with facts, They want to know what key points the Professor expects in an essay, they expect exams to either be multiple choice or take home if the questions are essay based. I am relativily young at 34. However, in the past decade since I’ve graduated undergrad, the expectations have become that of an 8th grader. I can only imagin how older generations feel, seeing the level of education and discourse plummet in this country. The most pathetic part of this decline, is how younger generations have easier access to information and better technologies. It is a sad pathetic state. This is why I hope to steer my own childern towards skilled trades.