I don't think every degree necessarily should be "well now I make more money for having it."
Sometimes education of some subjects should be good just for education's sake. [Hey, I have an interest in astronomy, I will go take some classes and learn astronomy!]. However, the cost has gotten to be too insane to justify that.
Yeah I totally agree. I was just throwing a random example.
I guess my point was, in the past often times people just sorta went to university just for.... ya know to give them a more well rounded education that wasn't technically career-practical. There can be value in that, it doesn't have to lead to a higher paying job.
For example, going to college to study classical literature or history or something. It can provide value, but it may not translate to a higher paying job which is a huge problem with the amount of people who go to college for a degree that will never pay them a penny and go broke doing so.
Even with the internet there is some value in it [for example you can get a pretty dang inaccurate and one sided view of history if you don't go on the right stuff on the internet.... but wait... schools are that way now too xD but I am talking in the ideal]
The problem with this solution is academia and school systems have been specifically working to stop it. It's been a known answer since the 90's, and was expected to be part of the system of online schools. Teachers unions and the like stopped it from happening.
Remember all those teachers complaining about regulations they had to follow for online schooling? They were talking about rules they created. It was them defeating themselves.
My suspicion has been that stuff like YouTube tutorials and websites are likely able to teach everything needed, but no one outside of the tech field is willing to look.
I agree that education for education's sake can be a good thing; however, it's Anno Domini 2021, you can find an endless amount of information, including completely free college courses on various subjects, on the internet. There's no need go into debt and jump through hoops like mandatory campus housing or mandatory covid jabs if you just want knowledge, not a certificate.
I don't think every degree necessarily should be "well now I make more money for having it."
Sometimes education of some subjects should be good just for education's sake. [Hey, I have an interest in astronomy, I will go take some classes and learn astronomy!]. However, the cost has gotten to be too insane to justify that.
Yeah I totally agree. I was just throwing a random example.
I guess my point was, in the past often times people just sorta went to university just for.... ya know to give them a more well rounded education that wasn't technically career-practical. There can be value in that, it doesn't have to lead to a higher paying job.
For example, going to college to study classical literature or history or something. It can provide value, but it may not translate to a higher paying job which is a huge problem with the amount of people who go to college for a degree that will never pay them a penny and go broke doing so.
Even with the internet there is some value in it [for example you can get a pretty dang inaccurate and one sided view of history if you don't go on the right stuff on the internet.... but wait... schools are that way now too xD but I am talking in the ideal]
The problem with this solution is academia and school systems have been specifically working to stop it. It's been a known answer since the 90's, and was expected to be part of the system of online schools. Teachers unions and the like stopped it from happening.
Remember all those teachers complaining about regulations they had to follow for online schooling? They were talking about rules they created. It was them defeating themselves.
My suspicion has been that stuff like YouTube tutorials and websites are likely able to teach everything needed, but no one outside of the tech field is willing to look.
I agree that education for education's sake can be a good thing; however, it's Anno Domini 2021, you can find an endless amount of information, including completely free college courses on various subjects, on the internet. There's no need go into debt and jump through hoops like mandatory campus housing or mandatory covid jabs if you just want knowledge, not a certificate.