Fraudulent? – The Answer Wall

How is it not considered Fraudulent to charge kids $78,000 for an education they could've got on YouTube? *second post-it* College is a fraud. BC has a lot of phonies? Yes? — How is it not considered Fraudulent to charge kids $78,000 for an education they could’ve got on YouTube? *second post-it* College is a fraud. BC has a lot of phonies? Yes?

YouTube is great and you can learn all kinds of things there, but not all people learn well that way, and not all subjects can be taught that way. You’re paying for the prestige of a top-ranked college and the networking opportunities that offers. You’re paying for the location. And most importantly, you’re paying for the professional expertise of the faculty, librarians, and staff who make the college run.

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.