The Truth About College: What They Don't Want You To Know

Remember sitting in college class, feverishly copying paragraphs off the whiteboard while the professor dictated word-for-word from a textbook? Ever wonder: why couldn’t they just hand us the page?

Why does a degree that takes four years feel like it could've been finished in one?

There’s something unsettling about how the college system operates today. Not because education is bad, but because the structure of it is bloated, outdated, and, at times, deliberately slow. It’s built not just to educate you, but to extract from you. Your time, your attention, your money.

This isn’t a blog about rejecting education. This is about dissecting the illusion: that more knowledge equals more value, when in reality, the right knowledge—delivered efficiently and applied wisely—is what moves the needle. And that’s exactly what modern college fails to do.

Overfed and Underprepared

College today is like being force-fed a seven-course meal when you only needed a sandwich.

The reality is: most students forget 90% of what they cram for exams. And even more disturbingly, most of what you’re taught won’t apply to your real-world career. But that doesn’t stop universities from continuing to pump lectures, outdated theories, and irrelevant electives into your schedule.

Why?

Because the more material they offer, the more "value" they can appear to provide. More courses. More requirements. More time spent in school. Equals More Tuition.

It creates the illusion of progress while delaying the actual results.

The Business Behind the System

Let’s not forget: college is a business. And in business, more time = more money.

• More semesters = more tuition.

• More assignments = more justification for professor salaries.

• More prerequisites = more locked-in students.

When you zoom out, you realize the system isn’t built to help you finish fast and win in the real world. It’s built to keep you inside it for years.

Professors will often resist new tools like AI, shortcuts, or productivity hacks. Why? Because those tools threaten the traditional slow grind they’ve made a career out of.

If you've ever had a professor reject a perfectly accurate AI-generated solution simply because "it's not the way we do it," you’ve seen this first-hand.

The Real Problem With Fillers

Fillers aren’t just a waste of time—they become a mental burden. They make students associate learning with fatigue, frustration, and forgettable data. This isn’t how the brain was designed to thrive.

Compare it to how you learn outside of school:

• When you watch a YouTube tutorial, you skip the fluff.

• When you read a book, you skim to get the main point.

• When you ask a mentor, you want the shortcut, the pattern, the real insight.

In the real world, results matter. Speed matters. And application matters more than memorization.

Filler Fatigue vs. Focused Learning

Imagine reading a 300-page book word for word only to realize it could’ve been summarized in three pages. That’s college.

Now imagine skimming that same book in one hour, capturing the real lesson, applying it tomorrow, and building a better life. That’s how most entrepreneurs, self-learners, and successful people operate.

You don’t have to know everything. You just have to learn the right things fast and move.

What Happens After College?

Ask a graduate how much of their degree they're actually using. Ask them how much of what they studied was essential to the job they have now. Most will pause. Some will laugh. And many will say: "Almost none of it."

And worse? By the time they graduated, half of what they learned was already outdated.

Meanwhile, technology evolves. AI replaces manual skills. Online tools automate traditional processes. The speed of change outpaces the speed of a classroom.

So while the college system plays the long game of lectures, assignments, and GPA points, the world outside is operating on speed, clarity, adaptability, and efficiency.

A Smarter Path Forward

We’re not saying quit college. We’re saying: don’t let it become your cage.

• Question what you're being taught.

• Cut the fluff when you can.

• Learn to identify the 20% that gives you 80% of the results.

• Build skills, not just credit hours.

• Use college for structure, but use your mind for strategy.

Conclusion: Speed Is the New Intelligence

In today’s world, the smartest people aren’t the ones who memorize the most.

They’re the ones who move fastest, apply the essentials, and skip the fluff. They know the goal isn’t to consume more—it’s to do more, be more, and live smarter.

College is not evil. But it is bloated. And unless you learn to spot the fillers, it will waste your most valuable resource: your time.

So take the knowledge that matters. Leave the rest. And never forget: the diploma might say you graduated, but only real-world wisdom says you're ready.