drop out
Oct 15, 2026 · 36 min · 12 segments
Watch the video version of the episode here: https://youtu.be/Sy9JvDZajD0 Follow the pod’s Instagram…
Oct 15, 2026 · 36 min · 12 segments
Watch the video version of the episode here: https://youtu.be/Sy9JvDZajD0 Follow the pod’s Instagram…
Benjamin De AlmeidaHostA- [sighs] as I was thinking about the uselessness of Monsters University and of course, like what we've heard in the news about the Cornell Seven, I think that I want to dive into what the use is of post-secondary education, specifically in, like, Canada and the US, the West, if you will.
Um, because I used to be, as someone that dropped out, I still used to defend it.
It was very much something that you should be doing, uh, f- that everyone should do if you get the chance, if you are in the financial position.
And I wanna be careful with my words, 'cause I don't want this to be like... [sighs] Listen, there...
I do have the fear that people r- m- that there's at least one person out there that takes my words to heart a little too much.
So this is not me saying, this is not me trying to sway you one way or the other.
If you relate to something I say, then so be it, but please don't be like, "You know, I am gonna drop out of college because..." Okay, it, you know, if you're dropping out of college 'cause I said that college isn't worth it, then, you know, you got bigger problems if you're getting advice from me.
Obviously, and, you know, this is the common, um, counterargument when talking about if it's worth it to do college or not, obviously, if you're gonna...
You actually just have to go and pay the $4 million in student loans, and, and then you, and then you can become doctor.
There's no YouTube tutorial to become doctor unless you are living on, like, an island in the middle of the ocean, and there's four people, and, and that's the only way So within reason, there are things that you have to study for.
But I'm talking about like the liberal arts that like the, specifically the ones I took, communications, the others.
Let me break down my beef with post-secondary education and the current state of it into two categories.
There is the first that I used to think that even though the college experience seems demonic and hell, j- just actually seems like the seventh ring of hell, the education element and the job prospect element made up for it.
The, the, the experience of going to college, of being in a dorm, uh, maybe joining a fraternity or a sorority.
A- [sighs] as I was thinking about the uselessness of Monsters University and of course, like what we've heard in the news about the Cornell Seven, I think that I want to dive into what the use is of post-secondary education, specifically in, like, Canada and the US, the West, if you will.
Um, because I used to be, as someone that dropped out, I still used to defend it.
It was very much something that you should be doing, uh, f- that everyone should do if you get the chance, if you are in the financial position.
And I wanna be careful with my words, 'cause I don't want this to be like... [sighs] Listen, there...
I do have the fear that people r- m- that there's at least one person out there that takes my words to heart a little too much.
So this is not me saying, this is not me trying to sway you one way or the other.
If you relate to something I say, then so be it, but please don't be like, "You know, I am gonna drop out of college because..." Okay, it, you know, if you're dropping out of college 'cause I said that college isn't worth it, then, you know, you got bigger problems if you're getting advice from me.
Obviously, and, you know, this is the common, um, counterargument when talking about if it's worth it to do college or not, obviously, if you're gonna...
You actually just have to go and pay the $4 million in student loans, and, and then you, and then you can become doctor.
There's no YouTube tutorial to become doctor unless you are living on, like, an island in the middle of the ocean, and there's four people, and, and that's the only way So within reason, there are things that you have to study for.
But I'm talking about like the liberal arts that like the, specifically the ones I took, communications, the others.
Let me break down my beef with post-secondary education and the current state of it into two categories.
There is the first that I used to think that even though the college experience seems demonic and hell, j- just actually seems like the seventh ring of hell, the education element and the job prospect element made up for it.
The, the, the experience of going to college, of being in a dorm, uh, maybe joining a fraternity or a sorority.
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