I'm a mass communications major with concentrations in audio recording technology and video production/digital filmmaking. Those classes are not lecture classes; the education I get from those majors are hands-on experience, real world education. Could I learn it on my own? Probably. But learning it on my own means going out and buy my own cameras, my own microphones, my own mixers and switchers and editing programs and all that hooah with a bill the size of my tuition, whereas I can get the experience, the degree, and other related courses, "free" equipment, and actual instructor to answer questions for the same price.
Sure, college isn't for everyone, especially if you're skilled in a particular vocational trade. And if you're lucky enough to get to go to college on the government's bill with very little out of pocket expenses, you'll be dumb NOT to go.
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