The Daily Populous Thursday May 6th, 2021 morning edition
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MechaChungus on May 5th, 2021 at 23:58 UTC »

College is overpriced af but it's naive to believe that all you're paying for is "knowledge you can find on the internet."

What you're paying for is a publicly reliable institution to put their stamp of approval on your expertise and give you a curriculum that helps you gain that expertise, so that people in the professional world can be virtually guaranteed that you know what you're doing (or, at least know as much as a college education can give you).

Otherwise, colleges would have no reason to test, give grades, fail students, or expel cheaters and plagiarists. In fact, that would directly hurt their bottom line by expelling their own "paying customers." Some degrees have less worth than others, but the most useless degree you could get would be one that comes from a college that puts morons and liars on the job market.

Wonderful_Minute31 on May 6th, 2021 at 00:07 UTC »

I agree it’s over priced.

This isn’t the reason for college though. You also get a degree that certifies you did the work and passed. You’re not just getting knowledge you’re getting discipline, and exposure to new thoughts and ideas and people. Often in a new place. It’s not just knowing more about political science or Kafka.

You can’t really compare getting a BA/BS with watching YouTube in your moms basement. It’s just an irrational comparison.

11thUserName on May 6th, 2021 at 00:21 UTC »

Who the fuck is supposedly being murdered here?