Reply to How many of you have an education, was it worth it? Are you working in your "field"

I'm just curious how many people on this community have an education and are working in their field. I'm in university right now, 2nd time coming back after taking some time off and everytime I come back I just feel as if it's a huge waste of time. I'm taking a business degree up here in Canada and it is just so frustrating, education seems so far behind and just irrelevant. When I look at the ROI of university compared to a $30 book from Amazon it's disgusting. If university was a business and their product was degrees I'd feel ripped off and want a refund.

Sorry that's my rant basically i'm just looking for someone to convince me what the use is of a degree. Especially in this day and age where I feel like it's so easy for individuals to create their own value and become an authority in their field. Look at Ean for example, no amount of schooling could have taught him to operate a blog and how to create a following. He just decided that he was going to be the best with midi controllers and basically become a guru on how to get some kick ass features from Traktor.

Another example is someone locally here, he has established himself as a social media expert. Again runs his own blog and has made a point of learning everything he can about social media. He has created his own value.

The problem with our education system is that by trying to make students "well balanced" with numerous courses we've just created a bunch of people who are average at best at everything. What's the value in everyone being average at everything? Not much. For example i'm taking an accounting course right now(it's required), I am terrible with numbers, I have no desire to be an accountant and this stuff will drift out of my memory the moment the final exam is over. Why not leave this stuff to the people who love their numbers and who are very good at accounting. And vice versa i'm sure those people hate their required marketing classes because they're too abstract.

Sorry for ranting, it's frustrating when school eats up so much leisure time that could be spent doing the things I love doing.