College; The New Big Business

Today while sitting in Advanced Online Media, I had the sudden feeling that I hadn't learned one useful damn thing this whole time I've been in college! I became angry, I mean I'm listening to a visiting professor talk about things we should, but dont know about? WTF? Why am I paying so much darn money to learn 1/3 of what I have to know to compete? And when I say compete, I also mean globally. Why am I sitting in 400-level classes unaware of basics? Why are most of my professors suddenly ex-reporters or camera men? Why are my textbooks costing more than a down payment on a Ford Focus? "Required" Textbooks that professors write, barely get cracked open and then are "discontinued" so you only get $4 back if anything? Why is tuition constantly going up? Why am I so afraid that I don't know what I'm supposed to know? Why do I feel like my university sign should have a -Mart ending? You know, like ASU-Mart, or UofM-Mart?
Why do I feel like I'm on an assembly line like a 5 ft. tall Mrs. Potato Head with people attaching parts to me that they think I should have, but the parts are always mis-matched so when it's time to come out of the box all of my fake, half-heartedly placed attachments will fall right off because they weren't carefully considered if it was a good fit or observed or placed with care in mind.
I'm out.