Why do college graduates have this idea in their head that you need college in order to be educated, informed, and able to think for yourself?

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As if you're a helpless infant without college. K-12 and the internet be damned

Chazmatazz269 · Accepted Answer

The only other option is to honestly reflect on the fact that they wasted an exorbitant amount of time, energy and money on a mostly worthless piece of paper. Only to turn around and beg democrats to force the working class to pay off their lousy decisions.
Someone told those nitwits that a college degree would allow them to rule the world. Guess who told them that…
the same people who PROFITED from their ignorance and gullibility, the banks who cut the loans and the colleges that profit whether their graduates go on to cure cancer or die of starvation. The idiots most likely to b*tch about “capitalism” are contributing to the corruption in a bigger way than most. Still they look down their nose at the rest of us.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

If paid what they pay now for a college degree i'd by walking around with picture of in my wallet like a proud parent showing off pictures of thier kids.😆

I look at as really no different than most jobs. I talked to a guy who did hiring for his firm and i asked him one day which he leans more on, job experience or degrees. And he said, "degrees, without question". Which took me aback because he was around my age and i thought he'd say the opposite. But he said, most don't turn out very well and i have to be able to defend my choice. And the simple fact of the matter is the company leans more towards education.

There you have it in a nutshell.

OneViewpoint · Answer

Maybe it's insecurity. They feel the need to justify their own education. I have 3 degrees, accounting, finance, MBA. I know plenty of people who are smart without any degree. IQ is not taught, it's innate. As long as you're curious and enjoy learning, you're probably OK.

Nuclear_Warhead · Answer

They're sometimes right. True that the privilege of learning how to read and write is no longer exclusive for the royal elite, but there are cases where college does mean something. Nothing about being "informed", the information is accessible without it but in some fields the tools and chance to practice skills are hard to come by outside of college.

unfaltering · Answer

A college degree is a credential for certain types of jobs. It tells employers that you have studied the bare minimum to be consider for a job. All employers know you will need to be trained if they hire you, but that you have the background knowledge that is necessary for their field of work. Can other people learn that knowledge? Sure. Will it take a significantly longer period to train an uneducated person in a new field like Chemistry or Molecular Genetics? Yes. Thus employers expect you to go get a degree to establish that you are willing to train yourself. The same goes for any other type of credential like becoming an electrician. Do you think a college educated person can't do electrical work if they aren't a licence electrician in your state? They can learn how, but they are not allowed to do it for others without a licence. It's the same concept regardless of if you were trained for a blue collar or white collar job.

Pterodon · Answer

in my opinion if you have zero interest in anything academic then you don’t even need HS which is nothing but college prep. I know what you mean. They think only one way. Their way only. They’re too narrow minded to think it isn’t the money it’s the job satisfaction and some of us would much rather be working on or around planes. They never think about we blue collar workers. We’re invisible to them. But fuck what they say. Follow your dream no matter what and dreams do come true.

NathanDavis · Answer

because in some cases, it is true... but not always, no... definitely not

slatyb · Answer

Not all college graduates have this idea. Many people acquire degress but have no education, and many people become educated without attending college.

jshm2 · Answer

The same reason no hillbilly has ever run a corporation or shown any talent in being informed and thinking for themselves.  Do better, kiddo.

exitseven · Answer

It is a bill of goods that colleges have sold them.

Kelly6 · Answer

@slatyb not everyone is smart enough to educate themself by reading all books and understanding math and science.

moddy_the_mod · Answer

Because they are elitist.

Why do college graduates have this idea in their head that you need college in order to be educated, informed, and able to think for yourself?

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