Currently back at Uni for another go (sort of, it's complicated), and it's amazing to see how much the place has declined, after Covid, but even since the start of the year...
This particular Uni keeps scrapping student amenities and aspects of the student "experience", from free stuff at O Week through to removing the last remaining ATM on campus (!!), through to killing off most campus food vendors, and then, most importantly, massively reducing staffing numbers and quality, which affects everything from course offerings through to, of course, teaching quality. Hell, they've even sacked most of their "student interface" staff, which means that if we need to, say, sort out an enrolment issue, it is nearly impossible to get seen in person to have it dealt with... It's fucked.
The University in my home city (which is, for the most part, much better than the one I am currently at. Or at least it used to be) is even worse. They've unironically scrapped most of the food vendors and the University textbook shop entirely, from their main campuses, with view to forcibly closing all their main campuses in five years or so, and moving the student body into the city centre, against the wishes of students, the community, and even local businesses. But the Uni doesn't give a fuck.
What are students meant to do in the meantime? Lol, get fucked, essentially. Like, quite literally, they've hollowed out the campus, and left them with nowhere to go, and yet still the international students flood in...
I've been around these campuses, across Australia and elsewhere, for long enough now to know that this shit is not sustainable. Like, how long until (domestic) student bodies wake up and realise that they are being taken for a complete ride? Student fees haven't declined, they've only increased, as more and more facilities are scrapped, and as the teaching becomes little more than Youtube videos. And yet, because we are continually told "a degree is the only way to get a good-paying, middle class job", still the kids stream in.
I honestly just wonder how long it will be before people finally realise what a fucking Ponzi scheme this all is, if ever...
"Expensive day care for middle class adults" while also functioning as a degree mill for immigrants is a complete fucking joke, even compared to what this "system" was like a decade ago...
Of course, this varies by country, and Australia is worse than most, but the US system is at least equally fucked, if for different reasons...
Funny thing is, I have to pass two "transgender flag" road crossings, to leave the campus tonight. Because that's what this University spends money on. Rubbing that shit in your face at every possible opportunity.
Try speaking up, though? Yeah, you're gonna face some pretty severe consequences...
Lol, fuck this entire system.
It's called brainwashing, it's like how boomers can't accept that there's a massive problem with government pensions in particular waiting to happen and it's all going to collapse in on itself, which is already happening in France. The elites thought that they could supplement their long con with mass migration because they stupidly thought 'increased population = more taxes' except they underestimated just how many welfare chancers have come over instead and are barely paying any tax or getting themselves into debt and had zero interest in enforcing any kind of migration standards because they were happy profiting off of it with their own private businesses.
It's the same situation with universities, because university degrees have been utterly devalued to the point that having one is soon going to become a liability you're going to have tons more students coming out of university now with zero marketable skills. People can parrot about socialisation and networking all they like, you can't even do that any more at universities especially and that's thanks to the LGBT groups that have completely taken over and attack anybody that looks at them funny.
I've been looking forward to seeing when this shit would crash and burn and I'm enjoying it far more than I expected like with Hollywood going down. This is partly why I think even if Trump manages to win in 2024 regardless of where this whole shitshow is happening it's all doomed anyway unless Trump has the balls to do what is necessary to fix it regardless of the whining it causes by certain entitled demographics.
TLDR: We all got taught when we were younger that the thing to do was to go to university higher education to get a degree so you could get a high paying job, get into debt, get a house on a mortgage and pay it off to your 50's and maybe be able to retire on a pension/social security if you're lucky and worked hard.
It was all a lie and a scam.