This is such utter twaddle... and deeply offensive.
As someone who has two degrees, I wouldn't have my job now without them. You develop important skills such as increased capacity for comprehension, analytical thinking and not to mention the cultural and social benefits.
I don't think anyone intends to offend you. Personally I am offended by writing $1200+ checks for every class I take at the University of Memphis.
Education is NOT just about the acquisition of job specific skills/tools... sure it a primary reason, but it's about developing the person... and it has been since Aristotle. I'm pleased that along side my history/poli sci undergrad and public policy masters, I also did courses in english and drama and economics ... again, about embracing your interests and developing the whole person.
I congratulate you on having all of those opportunities and making the most of them. I do not disagree that there is value in a liberal arts education; I just dispute the value that it should have to one's ability to get a decent job and participate fully in society.
Our current system of 4-year post-secondary education has not necessarily existed since the days of Aristotle, in fact its a rather modern creation. Harry Truman had no college degree yet even as a Republican I'd say he was a damn good President. Abraham Lincoln had no formal education at all...thank God for the sake of our sacred Union that we didn't have
diploma snobs back then.
My question is - how much is a University education really worth? Is it worth four years of one's life? Is it worth $30,000? $60,000? $100,000?
It takes a degree in finance or accounting to get a job at a bank providing financial advice. Is a young man who has enslaved himself to decades of debt really worthy of providing such advice just because he paid tens of thousands of dollars for a piece of paper to hang on his wall? Isn't the young man who went to work at a business after his high school graduation, gaining real experience, not truly more qualified to make fiscally responsible decisions?