host: mariam, a student. hello. caller: i am a lifetime student. my parents, -- sorry about the way i'm going about this. i agreed with a lot of the lady that was talking about the school system and how it's set up and some of the classes you have to take just seem so ridiculous. and that was my advice to people, is that as a student i would take all those classes at a jc where these thing that is have nothing to do with the field that you want to go into. and as far as people mentioning about treating colleges like a business, i don't think there's anything you're going to be able to do about that so you had better change your mentality to think about going to college as a business. i personally did tons of things to save money that most people probably would not do. host: such as? caller: well, like books. they are outrageous. as far as a book industry, it has changed. i mean, i started going to college back in the 80's and have continued my whole life. but i just love going to school. host: what are you studying currently? caller: well, i'm way