It's all coming back to me

After working in Conti for 9 months, I realized that the knowledge/skill I learnt during my Master degree program is actually used in my Conti projects. When I handled traceability project, no one in the plant knows how to do it, but it's obvious to me because it was my research topic. Then, I am assigned to implement Balanced Score Card. Again, I learnt this topic in IOE class. So, to say that whatever you learnt in the college is just theorical and not practical is not entirely true.

People often said "you learn how to learn" in the college. I think this opinion is obsolete. In my opinion, we go to college to learn the newest trend in the world, the newest environment, the newest thinking, the newest type of human beings, and of course the newest knowledge/technology. In addition, you get a "sparring partner" in your competition to survive in the world. This is so true when you try to find a job after graduation. Our lives are full of challenges/competitions. Meritocracy rules!!!

So, to summarize....I feel like going back to university but I am not willing to pay 1 cent for my further studies? Is there any solution? We will see...