[hirundo]

I got a teaching credential from San Jose State. The piece of paper helped me get a demeaning job in the indoctrination industry. Other than that the education was almost completely worthless. Except perhaps from the character building of enduring endless drivel, and I didn't need to go to college for that. Turns out the job wasn't worth the effort, and since then I've had a decent career doing things that I learned independently.

College was close to free for me. At that price it was still way too expensive. I doubt that is the case for the best students at the best schools. But for the rest of us, I advise being highly skeptical of the value of a modern college education. Especially of the education department at SJSU.