Your good comment aside, this got me thinking:

(P.P.S. Can we stop talking about how pointless Comm and English degrees are? If you are smart you can talk that degree into a job in ANY industry. What industry do you know of where you don't need to be able to demonstrate you can talk to people ?)

I have this hunch that a lot of people don't understand this. After being spoonfed what to do in education up to that point, I see lots of people just doing what they're told in college. Getting okay grades, never going beyond what's required to do. They just ride their college time out, never doing much special. Then the package is complete, they graduate, and suddenly they're not told what to do. So they don't see how far their own creativity goes, that hey, if you try, you can actually talk yourself into a job.

I've been practicing graphic design on my own for at least six years now. Learning Photoshop and Illustrator, because I wanted to become good at it, not because someone told me to. When I recently used my skills in a group project, some people approached me asking how I made it, and asking me how they can learn to do the same. Instead of just trying stuff out and being creative, one guy got a book on Photoshop to study on. And I get the feeling that he just doesn't get it.

At the risk of sounding blatantly arrogant, I think that a lot of people just don't realize they can lead their own lives. Create their own goals and try to solve them on their own. With degrees 'that get you job', there will be companies waiting at graduation to pick you up. To continue the conveyor belt that is live for you, instead of building it yourself, if that metaphor helps any with my ruminations.