College serves one very useful purpose.
It teaches kids who have grown beyond the socialist public schools system (where there are no repercussions for anything except political incorrectness), the habits which they will need to hold and keep jobs.
Waking up each morning ready to go, whether you feel like it or not - because of the wild fraternity/sorority bash the night before. Passing tests. Paying attention. Doing stuff you don’t really want to.
Those skills are pretty darn important in the real world.
College profs, are training for a boss.
You like some. You don’t like some. But you have to deal with that.
College classes are like work duties.
You like some. You don’t like some.
You deal with that too.
All true, but should those lessons cost $200,000 as they do at some Ivy League schools and others?
Those things, plus a great education, are only one part of going to an Ivy League (and other highly-selective schools).
The other reason people send their kids to Harvard or Stanford is because those schools are the entrance to the elite reaches of our society. Your friends and classmates at those schools are the future top of their various professions and industries. The price tag is the membership fee that gets you into this exclusive club.
Having a degree from one of these institutions opens a lot of doors.
I learned this in my near -minimum-wage summer job. In fact, I learned something even BETTER. I learned that most jobs sucked and were tedious and boring, so I'd better get educated so I could have a job that was well-paying and half-way interesting.
All true, but should those lessons cost $200,000 as they do at some Ivy League schools and others?
Absolutely not, if you want some place to teach you how to deal with awful professors, community college can do it cheaper.
The main reason to go to elite schools is to hang out with smart and elite people.