Is college a scam?

[bobby_bush_eater]

I have an associates degree. I serve in the military and have been attending school for 4 years mostly part time. I can wholeheartedly say in 3 months at any point in my military career I've learned more than all my 110 credits of college. It basically functions by whether your teacher grades hard or decides to teach and be professional without bias. I have gotten almost no value from college, if I had to pay for it I'd have been pissed. That being said what do y'all think

[Chazmatazz269]

It’s definitely a scam on cost alone. There’s no vault of secret or special information on college or university campuses. Literally everything you can learn in higher education, you can learn on your own for a fraction of the cost. What the resulting degree tells potential employers is that you’re a good worker bee, all about the system even if you know it’s rigged. All that piece of paper really needs to say is, “Yes, massa!”.

[In_Trance]

Unless you want to be something where you need to be certified such as an engineer doctor lawyer or accountant I see no point in it. You don't make any more money than you would working your way up in a company and it probably takes about the same amount of time

[bobby_bush_eater]

I am actually an accounting major. I have learned some accounting but I'd have learned it all at a far faster rate with an entry level accounting job. There's such little actual value to the information/core prereqs taught. Meanwhile society bases everyone's future on "education". I just don't get it