I'm planning on taking a course in electrical engineering, merely because I've been fascinated with technology all my life and I've already been playing around

I'm planning on taking a course in electrical engineering, merely because I've been fascinated with technology all my life and I've already been playing around with circuits and what not since I was young. I built a transformer when I was like 13 years old, it worked for sure... until I melted the core, and now I know to always use laminated cores, not spoons. I also made a capacitor around that time, although it weighed like 2 lbs and held like 1mA charge. I'd have to agree. I don't think someone solely interested in passing a course is going to help the industry. There's lots of people who go through university solely because they're afraid to enter the real world. I got a job as an electrician because I didn't want to be one of those losers who finally finishes university at 23 years old and realize I have no clue what to do and I wasted a good 5 years of my life.