Teachers and leaders of American Society need to stop telling our kids to go to College!

[Mr Khan]

mrstickball said:

Mr Khan said:

Kasz216 said:

Mr Khan said:
Completely disagree

The only thing that needs to change is the expectation that a college degree will automatically get you a job. At the same time, however, a well-rounded liberal arts education is invaluable. To reach our true potential as people, we need to be more than economic animals, and while laboring trades are perfectly acceptable things, nothing's stopping an educated man from doing them, either.

It's called a library.

Or the internet.

It's really easy to get that information if you just want to get it.

I know because well.. I already knew most of what I was taught in my liberal arts degree.

And how much time do most people have to learn something completely new and distinct, something they may not have been interested in otherwise, in the limited free time they have around work?

I did.

Its all in application. Do you really want to better yourself? Sacrifices have to be made. I used downtime at my job to learn skills to get a new job. Eventually, I was able to quit that job and do something else for a lot more money.

My daughter will have a college-level education before she turns 18, because my wife and I will be able to give her the tools needed to ensure she finds what she wants to do with her life, and can focus on it with her free time. Its all about priorities. College helps focus priorities if you have nothing else going on. Discipline also can help you focus on priorities if you're dedicated enough, even when free time is lacking.

That is fair. I spent most of my free time in high school on video games (though some volunteering at the library and competitive public speaking extracurricular), so i went into college less well-prepared than that.

We agree that college can be a useful tool for helping individuals prioritize, which is good. Ultimately i'm just trying to keep this thread from not being free-for-all college-bashing.