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<p>Indeed, but none of those traits are closely aligned with the curricula taught by the academic programs that many college students pursue today. For example, other than as a proxy for general intelligence, it’s not at all clear to me what having a master’s degree in French Literature specifically has to do with any of those mentioned traits, yet that master’s degree in French Literature is precisely what one of the receptionists at my old employer held. </p>
<p>Which only serves to reinforce my general point: most people won’t actually use most of the specific actual academic knowledge that they develop in college. Hence, frankly, for the purposes of her career, it doesn’t really matter if that receptionist in question never actually learned the underlying themes of Rimbaud and Moliere as well as she does, because, frankly, she never uses that knowledge on her job. {Note, it might matter in terms of her own personal intellectual curiosity, but it doesn’t matter for the actual job.} What matters is that she has the degree.</p>