The Case Against College (Part 4)
Part four, where I make the case against college. Young people need to be exposed to other ideas besides being told to go to college.
This is the third part in a series where I make the case against going to college. You'll be able to read the previous three articles below.
Not Taught Self-Responsibility
The first problem with college is that students are not taught self-responsibility. Instead, they are led to believe they are planning for their future by attending college. This makes them give up on self-responsibility. They can casually go through their life because they have nothing to worry about. Once they receive their degree, life will be alright. College markets to students that they can get a good job because they attended college.
The education and higher education system teach students that there are “experts.” Those are the only people who can make good decisions. Those are the people who should dictate your life. The people with a fancy title by their name or are in a position of “authority” are the people you must respect.
On the contrary, the people with fancy titles are often the most unworthy of respect.
Controlled Academic Space
Most college campuses are separate from the real world. Even if they are located in a major city, they have a college campus that is usually very nice. Sometimes, the college campus could be nicer than the city or town it is in. Students get used to being in this safe and controlled academic space without being exposed to the reality of how the world operates. They are not taught critical thinking skills.
In some cases, students are not exposed to ideas or concepts that go against the university’s values. Or, students want to have their own “safe spaces” that eliminate challenging ideas from the campus. This has become more evident over the last decade on college campuses.
When someone comes who discusses an opposing view or belief, they are shut down and censored. Instead of being a place to discuss various ideas, thoughts, beliefs and rationally debate, the modern college campus has become a prison.
The modern university system teaches you what to think, not what to think. If you don’t go along with the “approved ideas,” you will be labeled a series of slurs ending in ist and ism.
Think Everything Will Turn Out Fine After College
You are taught that your only option is to become an employee by attending college. You are told that by attending college, things will turn out fine, although you will likely end up at the bottom of the financial pyramid unless you can work your way up in a STEM area.
College students make after graduation average of around $20 an hour. Unless you develop other skills that make you more valuable to employers, that is the most that your overpriced piece of paper can make you worth. That is not enough to cover expenses as an adult.
Unless you are in a valuable field like STEM and are a good interviewer, you may have a chance to make more than the estimated $20 an hour. The United States has become a service economy, meaning most jobs are in the service sector. Even if you did not plan to work in the service sector because you think going to college would help you, that is where you may end up.
There are better options than going to college, and the higher education system only teaches you how to be an unthinking employee.
You are not taught about the three other models to make money: self-employed, business, and investing. This is intentional because the education and higher education systems’ roles are to create employees.
Summary
College teaches young adults the opposite skills that they should be learning. Rather than being taught self-responsibility and self-discipline, they are trained to trust in “experts” and that the system is there for their benefit. When the opposite is the case.
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