pokoko on 23 September 2012
| xwan said: Going to college is more than just getting a degree or earning a "useless major"; compare someone who only went to high school versus someone who went to college, the level of critical thinking is very different. And again, compare someone who went to college and someone who went to grad school there is yet another gap. There are materials you learn from your mentor, professors, and college level course you do not get in "trade" school. Do you want a job, or do you want a career? Being an electrician is a job, being a successful entrepreneur is a career. I, myself, have gone through 4 years of University with a biology major, then 4 years of medical school, and 3 years of internal medicine residency. That's 11 more years of schooling than people who did not go to college. The level of thinking, reasoning, degree of religious/political tolerance is totally different. I had plenty of friends who dropped out of high school, or finished high school and did not pursue college they seem to be stuck where they were 11 years ago when I hang out with them (nothing wrong with that i guess...). And I hang out with my college friends, even though our discussions are more sophisticated, they are still less thoughtful than with my "doctor"-friends; I have to definitely adjust my conversation with my HS friends vs my college friends vs my medical school friends. Education is never bad, if you don't think so that's because you haven't discover the wisdom in the books yet; most of u guys are young and probably in ur late teenage years. My only advice to you is keep reading, and keep your play time apart from your study time. I grew up as a gamer, didn't have the best grades in school. But hey, the only way to "level up" yourself is to study! There is no way around it. |
Bullcrap and sophistry. You do not automatically have better reasoning skills and religious/political tolerance (seriously?) because you went to college. It also does not mean that you do not read as much as anyone in higher education.
I, myself, have owned two successful store-front businesses, which I sold for a profit after 3 and 5 years respectively. That was before I went back to get my Associates degree. Most of my classmates who went to college were puffing on joints and taking classes they did not care about while I was earning real-world experience dealing with customers, vendors, and employees. Yes, college can be a good thing, but it certainly does not mean a person is more intelligent or capable than someone who did not go.
