[Skooz]

unless you are going for engineering, law, or medicine, Some variant on STEM discipline, I just don’t think college is necessary any more.

I guess I'm in the minority in that I went to college, not to train for a job, but to get an education. I just wanted to learn stuff.

My degree is in History and for a while I seriously entertained the thought of going to grad school, getting my PhD, then attending Diesel Driving Academy and driving a truck for a living.

[HangnJudge]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”

The Discipline of History is a powerful lens in which to understand the present, how do you know where you are going, until you know where you have been?

[frog in a pot]

I just wanted to learn stuff.

Another way of saying you wanted to spend time in the Mental Gym and learn how to think.

...getting my PhD...and driving a truck for a living.

After 1-6 months you would started to think about building a trucking company and it would have been successful.