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| I was wondering what everyones thoughts were about college/ Higher education. As in the system, is it worth it, is it for everyone, etc. etc. etc. | ||||
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CamouflageNoise says |
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| As someone currently attending college, I think it can be very important. Some of the experience you get here will prepare you a bit more for life in the real world, plus it can be a lot fun. However, I have a friend, whom I will plug immediately here, named Colin who has made quite a career for himself having not gone to college. The system itself is pretty bad, especially in the biggers schools. Grade inflation makes it harder to tell who the really good students are and who the bad teachers are. Most of the information in college can be obtained for free, but you won't get that little paper degree that seems to mean so much. Will it help me obtain a higher paying job than someone who doesn't have one? Maybe. Studies show I have a little higher percantage than they do, but not by much really. |
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Nadeem says |
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| College mostly sucks. Grad school rocks, though. Kinda paradoxical, eh?  |
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CamouflageNoise says |
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| No, it's like that for most of life. The shit before the next step usually sucks. I haven't talked to many grad students, so hearing that makes me kind of anxious to get there. | ||||||
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Well, it might just be that my college sucked, which is probably true. There were just dozens of people who knew how to parrot textbooks perfectly, but couldn't write code for anything reasonable, and didn't really care about what they were doing - most of them were simply in CS because they scored well enough in the 12th grade board exams to make it. And the subject was big, given India's booming IT industry. Add to that the fact that there's no money in teaching, and you can imagine my state of mind when I woke up one fine day, halfway through the third year, and realized that my teachers were necessarily dumb and/or incompetent, and most of the people around me were no better.  I'm having the time of my life in grad school, though. More overworked than I've ever been, and I'm actually happy!  Or maybe I'm just an intellectual masochist.  |
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CamouflageNoise says |
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| Not at all, I believe that intelligent people do their best when they are under more pressure. I've often found that to be the case with myself (not that I'm calling myself intelligent, just that I feel I do better when there is more work thrust upon me). When presented with small amounts of busy work, I get bored and tend to do less than optimal. So I take honors courses even though I'm not actually in the honors program. Well, that's been my experience so far. | ||||||
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LearningNerd says |
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| I don't know how I feel about college, but I've been thinking about it a lot lately since I'm starting college later this year... I've heard so many different things about it, ranging from "college sucks just as much as high school" to "college will be the best four years of your life". I have a feeling that I won't like it, but I'll make the most of it. I don't like the whole idea of structured education. Or maybe I just don't like structure, lol. I'm on a year off from school right now, and I've never been so busy and so content at the same time. Being able to choose what, when, and how I learn is just SO awesome... I'm going to be spoiled by the time I start college. I'd say it is worth it because for many jobs, you need a degree to compete with people. You need more than a degree, but not having that degree puts you at a disadvantage. So if you have the opportunity to go to college, you might as well just take advantage of it. Of course, it depends what you want to do. But I think of it as something to fall back on; if things to work out as well as you hoped, at least you have a better shot at making a living, ya know? And no, college is definitely not for everyone. |
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Joe says |
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| College is a good idea for people who want to do something with themselves. I get my bachelor's this year and then I'm heading on to grad school, but most of the kids I graduated high school with are still working at convenience stores and in retail and such. I also love the fact that there is just so much to learn and that there are people willing to teach it to you here. I disagree with the statement that professors are dumb or incompetent. While that may be the case at some schools, the professors that I have come into contact with love teaching and they were willing to get paid a lot less than, say, an engineer simply because they love giving their knowledge to others. I have nothing but respect for most people in higher education. |
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Nadeem says |
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| I never said that all professors are dumb or incompetent - it's just that mine were. The ones at grad school are amazing, though. |
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Nadeem says |
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| Actually, I find it slightly odd when people debate whether or not they should go to college. Probably just because I'm Indian - I can't imagine not going to college. |
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Joe says |
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| Like I said, it's hard to do something with yourself if you don't go to college. I'm not saying that it's impossible, but it's almost always a good idea to further your education as much as possible. | ||||||
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