It is very much not meant to be training for a career. The culture of "time spent on anything that does not lead specifically to financial gain is wasted" is sad.
Maybe it isn’t meant to be, and maybe it’s not very good at it, but a bachelor’s degree is a de facto prerequisite to almost any office job.
Schools know this, which is why they can continue to charge more and more every year. But when anyone brings up the fact that maybe university is suboptimal vocational training, they retreat back into claiming they’re not. You can’t have it both ways.
That bachelors degrees should not be a prerequisite for office jobs only reinforces the argument that education is not meant to be vocational training.
And bachelors degrees are not the only form of education, nor the one being discussed here.
Completely agree. The above user seems to of taken a very utilitarian only approach to life. Personal fulfillment, and cultural literacy are other types of awards.
