Attended 5 different universities and did 5 different programs, couldn't complete any of them, then went to trade school, aced all subjects and became skilled tradesman.
Here's my university experience:
>Half of the students are only there to get laid and party
>90% of professors are anti-social narcissistic weirdos
>30-50% of your courses have nothing to do with the degree you're getting
>Consumes literally all of your free time with endless quizzes, exams, and homework
>Costs an arm and a leg
>Impossible to concentrate because of 50-100 people per class
>Large amounts of retarded foids that ruin the dynamic by distracting you walking around half naked
>Professors that literally cannot speak english
>Damn near every assignment is a group project and you always have at least one total retard in your group
>$800 textbooks written by your professors to siphon shekels from your wallet
>Must conform to the judeo-liberal hive mind
>Literal communist and homosexual brainwashing everywhere
>Nobody there is genuine, endless dick measuring contest just like in high school
>A good 10-20% of students and professors are batshit crazy sexual perverts who should probably be in prison but the school gaslights you about them
>Go through your entire degree and not learn anything because its all filler
>Spend 4 years not making any money
>Lands you a glorified adult daycare job, albeit with good pay (I will concede here)
Then I went to trade school as a last resort, expecting it to be just as bad as university but BOY was I wrong:
>All classes are 100% practical and related to your profession
>Immediately get employed in industry straight out of school
>Max 1-2 years of study
>Tuition is affordable
>Textbooks are provided
>Instructors are friendly and down to earth
>Fellow students are all mature good natured individuals
>Workload is totally manageable
>Fun learning actual skills
>Almost impossible to fail
>Overwhelmingly male
>Classes max out at 12 people
>Only downside is that the jobs you get don't pay as well as certain university degrees
"In Chapter IX, "The Vice of Education," Dr. Henry C. Link challenges the widespread American worship of formal education, arguing that an over-reliance on prolonged schooling often acts as a "vice" that deteriorates character and personality.
Education Does Not Improve Personality
Despite the massive growth in high school and college enrollment, psychological studies reveal that formal education above grade school does little to nothing to improve an individual's personality. In fact, testing shows that people with almost no formal education possess personality traits equal to those of college graduates, and the poorest students often have just as good personalities as the most brilliant scholars. Instead of developing character, prolonged education frequently results in the deterioration of personality by shielding students from the realities of a working life. Recognizing this, many employers now prioritize a student's extracurricular achievements and social skills over their academic records.
The Paralysis of "Absorption" vs. "Production"
The core psychological flaw in modern education is that it is essentially a period of absorption. To develop an effective, extroverted personality, a person must learn to be a "producer" whose energies are actively converted into skills that are useful and pleasing to others. However, formal education requires students to spend years passively reading, listening, and studying—habits that foster extreme introversion. The longer this "nursing period" lasts, the more students become "sponges" who know how to consume information but dread practical production.
The "Inbreeding" of the Teaching Profession
Another major flaw is that the educational system is self-perpetuating, selecting teachers based purely on formal academic attainment (like holding M.A. or Ph.D. degrees) rather than their ability to build well-rounded character. This creates an "inbreeding" effect where teachers naturally reward students who act like quiet, unobtrusive "sponges". Psychological studies actually show that teachers rate younger children as having much better personalities than older, more independent children, proving that the classroom ideal is passive docility rather than a positive, creative individuality.
The Danger of the "Liberal Mind"
Perhaps the most damaging aspect of higher education is its glorification of the "liberal mind". A liberal education systematically emancipates students from the religious, moral, and traditional restraints of their childhood, but it utterly fails to substitute any compelling new ideals to guide them. "