I believe that college is a certification process. That is what I was brought up to believe. Learning is forever. Just because I took engineering doesn't mean that I cannot spend my life enjoying history, literature. I read Proust from beginning to end, not many engineers can say that I bet. Val mentioned writing. I was not a good writer in college. My lab reports were minimal. But I had to take a writing course since I had to write for my work and taking one course taught me the basics. I was the only A the prof ever gave, he said at the time. You can learn to write, just like you can learn to play the piano. But paying the mortgage, you need a skill set to get a job.

Everyone in my neighborhood bascially went to college to get a job, and were specific about it. Maybe I am too old on this forum.

Ren