I'm not one to think I'm above of and ridicule people who don't pursue studying

A lot of people are missing the point in the comments. Pursuing an education,even it being in the arts , is not entirely about making a living. If that is your only goal alone ,then you have missed the point in being in further education in the first place.

Oh like that one dude here who claims schools are a scam and that he has made a fortune out of crypto investments and everyone believes him 🤡

Don't use yer big college werds here missy ...dems fightin werds ...

Those exist, but in my experience imbecility is well distributed in the population, irregardless from the education level. This is also strongly supported by electoral polls that group their results by this datum.

People who have a degree of course won't tell you that a degree is useless, but that's only because if they did you'd (reasonably) ask "then why the heck did you pursue one?". However, they'll make similar statements about degrees in other fields, because essentially they're no different than the random boomer with elementary school level that get systematically indoctrinated by religious/political cults.

Still pisses me off when people say that University isn’t worthwhile because “well, I know lots of people who did well and didn’t go to university”. Far too many stats papers provide substantial evidence that attending university produces better outcomes

Education is so much more than money

They're not useless. But they're too expensive. Tuition fees are a liability.

I wish education was free, so everyone could have an equal chance at succeeding in life

There are university degrees and then there are university degrees.

I don't rate a degree in Klingon on the same level as a physics degree.

plenty of idiots with degrees as well.

I work for a guy that is extremely well read and knowledgeable on subjects - he's done his studying without the ivy covered walls.

sadly a sheepskin doesn't prevent brain decay

Ok liberal!

Truth

I suppose there’s plenty of that from both sides, lol.

Yeah but you have to choose your major wisely and make sure it is the right thing for you to have for a career. I have heard of people getting education degrees and when it came time to teach in a classroom they couldn’t handle dealing with children all the time. And some majors don’t have enough well-paying jobs to support careers that pay off.

They're not completely wrong though, they're useless unless you take the time to learn the subjects. Most people do not end up using their degrees.

The distinction here is random university degrees are a scam, unless you're well off. Like say, a bachelors in arts, english, some minority studies etc

However, programming, medical, engineering, fields like this require study, not something you can really learn "online".

People like to justify their own lack of education and they do so with anecdotal evidence for degrees being unnecessary, such as how they made it without one as if that proves the case.

I personally think lifelong education is a worthy goal in and of itself. It's not just about work, you expand your worldview, knowledge and grow as a person.

The only criticism I have is that degrees, at least here in South Africa and in the US are ridiculously expensive.

Those people annoy tf outta me

What if you have a BA & Msc but don't use them for your work = waste of time