That’s a common question American college kids get asked.
In the U.S. university system, students take a variety of courses.
Science… math… literature…. history…. language…. underwater basket weaving….
Then, in the second or third year, you declare a major.
Your major will be the subject you focus on for the rest of your four years and which you take the most classes in.
Care to guess what my major was? (Hint: It wasn’t teaching or English or writing or even business.)
IS COLLEGE STILL IMPORTANT?
Interestingly, once you get out of college, people seem to care less and less what your major was.
In fact, I don’t even know where my American friends went to college.
Or IF they went to college…
In the past, the only way to get an education was to go to school.
Universities had a monopoly on information.
So if you had a university degree, it was special; you were elite.
But these days, you can learn whatever you want at home, on your phone, for cheap or free.
So do we still need college?
THE OXFORD DEBATE
Did you see the video of Charlie Kirk debating students and professors at Oxford?
Oxford is one of the top schools in the world.
Only smart people go there.
Yet Charlie Kirk never went to college.
He was self-taught.
And who do you think won the debate?
As we say in English, Charlie wiped the floor with them.
Cheers,
Mr. Vig
