College is a waste of time #shorts

25 May 2021 · 0 min

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This content was created by Eric Siu. This content was uploaded by Eric Siu. This is a YouTube short titled "College is a waste of time #shorts" (uploaded May 25, 2021). The clip features a single speaker (labeled SPEAKER A) reflecting that, although their parents paid for college, most learning happened after school. The speaker describes feeling lost in school, wishing for something that felt like gaming, and explains they wrote a book to show that the roughly 3 billion people who have played games can translate gaming skills into real-world impact. The content is an opinion/personal reflection advocating alternative paths to traditional college education.

I still tell my parents now, like, you know, I really appreciate that you paid for college, but it's done nothing for me. Everything I learned, I learned after school. I was very lost. And I didn't know that my skills would translate. At age 12, I was like, man, I just wish I could find something that feels like gaming growing up. And so the reason why I wrote this book too, is really to help communicate to the 3 billion people in the world that have played a game, there's a different path. And training in the shadow world is one thing, the world of gaming, but you have to make sure you bring that into real life and make an impact on the world.