Not necessarily a bead thing. A college degree does not help you live life, it only can potentially (now almost by law is needed) allow one to negotiate a trade for money they will receive for hours they put into a job for a company.
I know plenty of folks make good money but live stupid lives with the money they make. a real shame, waste of all that college tuition in the first place, imo.
I think that, in another time, a classical education was intended to teach one how to live a good life rather than how to make a living. Today, no one is taught how to live a good life but rather how to become a good SUBJECT.