While everybody has the freedom to choose their life and to make the most of it, the reality is most people are on autopilot following the paths that are laid out before them rather than creating their own path.
The default path is: You get X amount of education to get a license which results in job Y. If you want a job that pays a certain amount you have to get a degree in a certain field or get a degree of a high enough rank.
College has long since past being an institution of higher learning, and instead has switched to being merely a method of getting a degree/higher paying job and a social experience. As a recent graduate at a major university, I can tell you that the vast majority of people in the school are getting degrees which won't really lead them anywhere special and you have to go off the beaten path to get a diverse higher education.
Most people get to college and have no idea where they want to go in life. They just know they "have" to go to college for some reason or another.
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