College is not school, is scam.
I think the worst thing about the education system is that they try to treat every kid like they all have the same potential instead of honing in where they might actually flourish in society. But I guess that's more of a civilization issue because of the prestige we put on some jobs more than others. Nobody wants their kid to just be a cog in the machine even if they might fit there and be happy.
I spent a year in uni, largest amount of time I've ever wasted on a single poor choice. The teachers didn't teach, they dictated what was and wasn't correct, and if you dared question them, bad grades weren't the only punishments they meted out. Most of my "colleagues" had the same capacity for critical-thinking as a garden salad, and went out of their way to ostracize you if you didn't conform to the same stupidity they accepted and believed in.
I made the mistake once, of correcting a professor on something that was easily verified, this being a week into my very first semester. It was never forgotten or forgiven.
Four months in I made the mistake of pointing out numerous logical inconsistencies several of my classmates wielded like blunt instruments during a class debate, and once an observer went through the trouble of "fact-checking", which means they scrolled through various sources biased to their preconceived views, and couldn't find a way to counter my argument, again, they never forgot and they never forgave.
I was stubborn though, so I stupidly stuck around for a second semester even after the train-wreck of the first one. I realized after this that I had "outed myself" as not "one of them," and I was treated accordingly. The only reason no physical harm came to me, is because of my extensive martial arts training, something that can be easily verified by searching up my name and reading of my participation and victory in numerous state championships, before I quit competing that is.
They were loud and obnoxious, but too afraid to be anything more than that.
Two semesters was more than enough, and I went and found good work elsewhere that didn't require a degree. It's hard, but it can be found. Though i will say, I was lucky in some regards. I knew people who knew people.