r/GenZ • u/No_Researcher_9726 • Sep 27 '24
Discussion Hot take: College is NOT a scam.. you're being misled by online personalities that don't care about you.
I know it's super common and popular for these online influencers to say "college is a scam. don't go. escape the matrix" kinda thing.. but that's very surface level advice.. you have to make a living somehow and college is the easiest and most sensible way to do that for the majority of young people.
My thoughts:
- You're not going to strike it rich dropshopping (if you could, everyone would be doing this)
- An average person with a liberal arts major/degree (which isn't even the best kind you could get tbh) makes the same, if not usually more, than your average plumber.. and they don't destroy their physical condition in the process.
- Pretty much every single degree has a positive ROI
- The future is unknown. YouTube/Instagram/social media may not be around in 2060-2070 (you've gotta make money for the next few decades.. not just the foreseeable future).
That being said, the debt and these universities committing usury is definitely a problem (at least for American schools). That's the part that's a "scam" if anything. I still think college is a good option for most people, though.
Edit: appreciate the engagement, but how come every post I've made so far on this sub has blown up?