As usual, people are talking their book and there are exceptions to every rule.
For every English major that has leveraged their degree into a viable career path, there are a dozen serving PSLs.
For every competent writer that learned everything they know through post-secondary education, because the public system failed them, there's someone that became a competent-enough writer through high school to function perfectly well in a professional environment.
For everyone to whom university is a "necessity for a viable career", there's someone that's sputtered out in a directionless career. Or someone that's wildly more successful precisely because they didn't "waste" the time, money and opportunity costs that come with dedicating 4-7+ years of their early life to something with a less-than-guaranteed outcome.
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