[achompas]

I'd argue that college is the perfect medium for learning about creativity: creative opportunities don't fall into your lap. Your first novel, album, or photography exhibit won't materialize from air--you have to work towards them. (That explains why I haven't made music yet!)

Students can be creative in writing or painting classes, robotics lab, go-kart engineering shops, or even on their political science papers or statistics projects. None of those are required (maybe the papers and projects), just like writing a novel isn't a pre-requisite for life, but students have the option to participate.

Again, to beat a dead horse a little further: college is what you make of it. If you memorize bold words, you're ready to file TPS reports; if you take that pottery class or join the robotics competition, you're ready to enjoy all of life's dimensions.

(Also, I flagged this because (a) it's another college-bashing piece and (b) it has possibly the worst argument against college I've seen so far.)