Maybe it’s because of my learning style (I don’t do well with lecture-style formats), but I disagree. I love learning and have a couple degrees, had a full-ride (academic) to undergrad and only went to 50% of classes (was docked full letter grades in a few because of attendance and still graduated with a decent GPA).

Even getting STEM degrees, I found the actual education lacking and many courses I had to take pointless.

I did learn some stuff. Learned slightly more in grad school. But I did the degrees because I knew I needed to check boxes for my future.