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by douche 3732 days ago
> The idea you should go to a university and only self-teach is insane, at that point, why attend at all?

Because they give you a piece of paper with a prestigious name on the top of it at the end.

There's no reason why I couldn't have learned everything I learned in college on the internet, or at a well-stocked public library, but that piece of parchment written in Latin with the fancy seal on it is worth a thousand times it's weight in gold.

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I mean, that might be true, doesn't mean it's what's being sold, and doesn't mean you shouldn't demand what you paid for.