The Nomadic Scholar / Self-sufficient learner
Channel: XYZNY
Date: 2023-12-01

Have you ever questioned the industrial worker bee education?.

Consider for a second the common narrative about attending college;  the accumulation of significant debt, and oftentimes not acquiring tangible skills or knowledge that could also be learned elsewhere in return for the time and vast amount of money spent. 

Here is an alternative.. 

With the median cost of around $40,000 per year for a college education, a student could opt for a different path of self-discovery and self-sufficiency instead of treading into the diverse jungle that is stranger danger college ragers.

Instead of pursuing a traditional college education, suppose you could invest that money in a different way. For instance, 40,000$ tuition for 1 semester would cover two years of renting a house or apartment, allowing independence from parental support (which is desperately needed after 18 years of being bossed around. you naughty kids), and sustaining a modest lifestyle around the poverty line for as long as you like or live vivaciously and carefreely for the duration you choose.

The idea here is to redirect the funds towards a personalized  self-education (which any education actually is) using internet resources and public libraries for an extended period—let's say 8 years which is approximately what 4 years of college tuition fees can actually provide housing and food for.

For 18-year-olds in the USA, this alternative appears more advantageous than investing heavily in traditional schooling. Many courses and classes are freely available online, and with the approximately $160,000 that would have been spent on college tuition over four years, one can secure a comfortable living for 5-6 years or adopt frugal living for an extended 8-9 years.

The benefit is the total lack of pressure from the outside world about what to do and when to do it, and the total discovery of the inner will to learn whatever you wish or desire on your own time in your own space. And as the new age of jobs and production are unveiled there is no guarantee that a college diploma will guarantee any great jobs that pay 'real living wage' instead of 'cotton picking wage'.

The suggestion is to leverage this financial investment into yourself and not the institutions who can barely teach beneficial subjects that help people earn a comfortable living, as that is still all up to your own effort and interests. And by investing this wealth into mastering any desired skill or talent from the vast resources available on the internet you would be in total charge of your own future. 

In essence, redirecting the funds towards self-education provides the flexibility to pursue knowledge in any field of interest, offering a unique and tailored learning experience which can also be summarized to mean, believe in yourself and go experience the world young Shōnen/Shōjo!