It’s just sad, we used to think education made us free, but now it’s become so expensive that it’s sole purpose is to turn us into wage slaves of corporate Amer

It’s just sad, we used to think education made us free, but now it’s become so expensive that it’s sole purpose is to turn us into wage slaves of corporate America It’s telling that one of the top complaints about college is that it doesn’t prepare students for the work force. It sounds like something they would say in 50s Soviet society - produce more educated labor to better the state! As great as STEM is, one thing it does not do is cultivate the mind such that the student can participate in all facets of society competently. Not every problem can or should be viewed exclusively through the lens of science, hence the philosophical predicaments faced by American society today.