Desu, if you seriously have one year left, why not go back and finish your degree? What's the point of getting into debt for nothing?
Or did you flunk the previous year and this is all some elaborate existential angst designed to fool your parents into thinking you decided to quit rather than facing them with that reality?
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Why college is a waste of time.
Re: Why college is a waste of time.
by ralfy » Mon 01 Jun 2015, 13:44:48
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')Where is your proof that you need a college education to understand these texts? You can understand any non-technical book without a college education. The only books that might require a college education to understand are maybe some books on advanced math such as vector calculus. Just because a book is written by someone with a college education doesn't mean you need a college education to understand it.
')Where is your proof that you need a college education to understand these texts? You can understand any non-technical book without a college education. The only books that might require a college education to understand are maybe some books on advanced math such as vector calculus. Just because a book is written by someone with a college education doesn't mean you need a college education to understand it.
I think you just answered your own question. And it's not just advanced math.
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Like I mentioned, everything in life that actually matters can be learned on your own using the Internet and books. College is only necessary if you want to enter a white-collared profession that requires a degree like a doctor, teacher or a lawyer. The vast majority of jobs don't require a bachelor's degree, contrary to popular belief.
Your second sentence contradicts your first. Also, the irony is that many of those books, if not the Internet itself, involved college education to develop. And there are many professions that require degrees.
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Like I mentioned already, there are too many people with university degrees. There aren't enough jobs that actually require a university degree for these people with university degrees. That's why over 60% of university graduates end up doing a job that absolutely does not require anymore education than a high school diploma if that. You have to remember the American Dream was not built by universities. It was built by hard-working blue-collared workers working in the manufacturing sector of the economy. Unfortunately, the USA is a shadow of its former self since most of its manufacturing industries have been outsourced to other countries specifically in Asia.
Only around 7 pct worldwide have college degrees. Most people can barely finish primary or secondary school. Another irony is that teachers in general require college degrees.
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The most important jobs in society are the actually the ones that don't require any university education i.e. miners mining for gold, silver and other precious metals; drillers drilling for oil, natural gas and other commodities; farmers producing food; and factory workers producing goods that can be sold like computers, cars, and chairs.
Actually, large mining, manufacturing, and shipping organizations and systems involve people with college degrees. And even with a slow decline these will have to be maintained to meet basic needs.
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University is a hype and scam. It doesn't produce a prosperous society. Only a handful of occupations actually require a university education like being a doctor, lawyer, teacher or engineer. And there are too many people applying for jobs that require university education. For example, there are too many lawyers and attorneys in the USA, because there are too many people with law degrees in the USA. This results in law school students having a very difficult time finding a job as a lawyer. What produces prosperity and wealth for a society is blue-collared jobs that require little formal education. While an education is important, most people do not need a university education. You are better off going to a community college and learning a practical skill and trade than going to university these days.
Actually, it did. That's why not only college but education in general is of a higher caliber in developed economies.
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Watch this video to find out what jobs are actually in demand. Surprise! These jobs that are demand don't actually require a university degree!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzKzu86Agg0
The U.S. <> the world.
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Somebody's got to do the dirty work. Not everyone can have a comfortable, high-paying white collared job in an office in a big city that requires a university degree. Dirty work like being a farmer, plumber, electrician, wielder, factor worker, slaughterhouse worker and etc need applicants, too.
Yes, but that doesn't counter my arguments in any way. Also, several of these jobs require more advanced training as one deals with more complex systems.
In short, everyone should know how to do blue collar work, as well as skills needed for sustainability. But if one has additional time, then learn more. That's where advanced training, if not a college education, comes in.
