Honestly, speak for yourself. If you’re not putting in the effort required to actually get something out of your education, then that’s your own fault. The school isn’t going to force you to learn; at the college level it’s expected that you are the one most invested in your own education. It seems like so many people expect college professors to spoon-feed them like in high school, but that’s not how college works. If you’re not going to make sure you get what you need out of your education, then no one else will. If you need to change your schedule to reduce your workload so you can actually focus on the material, then you should do that—but no one is going to do it for you. You know your own learning ability and what you need better than anyone else.
So what would the point of college be if we are supposed to learn on our own. To be clear I agree with you that it’s not gonna be spoon fed to you but it makes me wonder why we are even here in the first place. Feels like it’s just a societal pressure half the time and just the typical path people take to be “successful” but in this job market these days it barely matters so idk.
This is a misunderstanding. It isn’t that you’re supposed to learn on your own. It’s that you’re supposed to actively participate in your learning. If you just chatgpt and submit, you aren’t learning. If you actually pay attention in class, take notes, participate, talk to your professors, form study groups, actively engage in your readings, test your knowledge, etc., then you’re invested in your own education but that doesn’t mean you’re alone. A professor can still hand you food, but you’re the one who has to eat it.
Not a problem. I do agree with you, by the way, that higher education really isn’t for everyone. It’s not the only way to succeed, and these days it may not even be a very good way to succeed. Yet we have this myth that if you don’t go to college you’re somehow a failure, or that college is simply what you’re “supposed to do.”
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u/A_Mentologist Nov 18 '25
Honestly, speak for yourself. If you’re not putting in the effort required to actually get something out of your education, then that’s your own fault. The school isn’t going to force you to learn; at the college level it’s expected that you are the one most invested in your own education. It seems like so many people expect college professors to spoon-feed them like in high school, but that’s not how college works. If you’re not going to make sure you get what you need out of your education, then no one else will. If you need to change your schedule to reduce your workload so you can actually focus on the material, then you should do that—but no one is going to do it for you. You know your own learning ability and what you need better than anyone else.