It teaches you how to think and gives you a wide-ranging survey of science/culture/history/etc.
It can, sure.
But you would be better off living in a college library after your McDonald’s shift than to pay 60-80 grand to get that “diverse learning” experience as a means to earning a piece of paper that says, “Bachelor of Arts in English Literary Studies awarded to Joe Blow May 2025.”
The piece of paper might as well say, “Congratulations on reading a wide array of novels and learning a bunch of culturally inclusive pedagogies that provided copious opportunities for bloviating knowledge in impractical, pragmatically useless manners. We hope you enjoyed your 4-6 years of drinking, drugging, video-gaming, and fledgling attempts at scoring lots of pussy, all under the guise of higher learning and esoteric knowledge. Good luck at your $16/hour entry-level job at Wells Fargo. We trust this whole experience has been invaluable and has set you up for a successful, richly rewarding life. Thank you for becoming an alumnus and don’t forget to give back to the institution that made all of this possible for you when we send future letters in the mail asking for donations.”
The End.
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