thats definitely a good way of putting it. And its just the education in general, its not only about what youre studying, it gives you a certain wider outlook which can be useful in many ways, even behaviour wise.
And people often speak how its a useless piece of paper. Id say the truth is in the middle. Creating your own business and the like, yeah, you probabily will never use it. But otherwise in many situations when applying its either a condition or just in a general way opens doors for you that might otherwise be closed for someone without a degree.
Oh yeah, I also dropped out...had 4 years behind me, 2 exams left but never finished.... I got so fed up with it, was also doing stupid things at that time but a big part was this professor cunt that wouldnt let me pass. 6 times I did the exam and for each time you also had to do all the seminar and practical work again. There were no 6s , either 10 or you fail. I know I shouldve done sth, reported her or whatever,if that would do anything but I was so tired of it I just said (unfortunately) f+ck it all.