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/^t/Degrees achieved by students at universities present no value. Despite of their being challenging, or even thrilling, for one has to put much effort into them, one has to be careful not to pay too much attention to the academic work. Since universities fail to prepare for the real world, students have to do this on their own, probably applying for the job while still studying. After all, total negligence of the outside world may result in an inability to cope with its problems. And this would be a disaster.