Most real university students have jobs, too. Imagine that.

I understand that some people prefer to go to a community college first. And all 4 years of university are meaningless, not just the first two. I hold by my statement that anyone who is attending a community college rather than a university is doing so for a reason: they aren't willing to work hard enough to go to a university, or they're not capable of it. People who don't go because they would rather take the easier option of taking GEs at a community college are members of the former.

High school students taking classes at a community college are not community college students. Also, considering how ridiculously widespread it is in MY area (I can't speak for any other in this case), the community college has just become a second high school. In fact, the high level high school classes were significantly more challenging and interesting than any classes offered at the community college.

What you have to understand is that school is meaningless no matter what, and you can learn anything you would in a university by studying it your own if you're really motivated enough and willing to work at it. Taking it from a real university just gives you a meaningless degree.