Apprenticeships aren&#x27;t a good answer either, though. They create too much of a caste system, and are very restricting. What if at 18 I don&#x27;t actually know what I want to do? If I join an apprenticeship I&#x27;m learning one thing. What if I don&#x27;t like that one thing? What if I get 5 years into an apprenticeship and realize I can&#x27;t get to the level I want to be at? I have to start over from zero in another field?<p>I don&#x27;t like the college system we have now, but switching to the extreme of apprenticeship is definitely not a good answer. Right now I&#x27;m an engineer, but with my rounded education, if I don&#x27;t like it, I can go and switch to a myriad of other fields that I&#x27;m educated enough for.<p>The world already had apprenticeship systems, and it&#x27;s not some magical system we forgot about. Apprenticeships lead to weird power dynamics that aren&#x27;t very good for the individual, such as being indentured to your employer for providing the training.<p>The main problem I see with our education system is that it&#x27;s inefficient, and growing too large and slow to keep up with modern needs. This doesn&#x27;t mean a well-rounded education is a problem though.