College

[Anayo]

After a year or two of it I've reached the conclusion that the point of college is to teach you how to be good at college.

[randombullseye]

I thought it was a bit of a joke. I've had more success leaving college and working a regular job. Its less about teaching and more about teaching yourself, at least in my experience. They often tell you to read so many chapters of the text. I could have done that on my own.

During lectures, things felt more like a discussion than me being taught anything. It was always the same throughout all of school.

[Kevman]

Just what I'm looking forward too, more spoon-feeding. I already get enough of this shit in high school and now your telling me there's more?!

[tbeeghly]

Around your 3rd year you'll learn that your professors don't always know everything, and you'll start doing projects for yourself, not for the grades. This is OK in a portfolio based career, but idk about an objective career.

[dlmvii]

I can't think about anything else but getting out of college. Counting down the days. 92 left. But I agree with your sentiment, I haven't learned but a few things in 3.5 years at a university :\

2217 hours. Just saying.

[Limewater]

After a year or two of it I've reached the conclusion that the point of college is to teach you how to be good at college.

During undergrad, I double-majored in ECE and Math. What you describe was not my experience at all. I think it really depends on where you go and what you study.

[Anapan]

My experience with it is this:
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
The course is a ticket you have to invest time and money on to get on-the-job training which is where you actually learn how to do your job/career. Unfortunately for most high-paying jobs it's necessary. To anyone thinking of taking any long or expensive course I highly suggest talking to someone at a management position in the field you're planning to study about being hired on at a low-level position for a few months before taking the course. Doing so would definitely give you a heads-up on the course material and you'd know which questions to ask your teacher (they *love* being at a loss for words). Over 1/2 of the people who were in my first class dropped out of the field after the first 6 months on the job. What a waste...

[final fight cd]

I can't think about anything else but getting out of college. Counting down the days. 92 left. But I agree with your sentiment, I haven't learned but a few things in 3.5 years at a university :\

2217 hours. Just saying.

so are you saying you didn't learn anything because are astute and already knew everything there is to know?

or are you saying you didn't learn anything because you didn't put any effort into it?

i have a feeling it is the latter. you get out what you put in.

[Kevman]

I can't think about anything else but getting out of college. Counting down the days. 92 left. But I agree with your sentiment, I haven't learned but a few things in 3.5 years at a university :\

2217 hours. Just saying.

so are you saying you didn't learn anything because are astute and already knew everything there is to know?

or are you saying you didn't learn anything because you didn't put any effort into it?

i have a feeling it is the latter. you get out what you put in.

Looks like you didn't put in much.

[Anubis]

I've come to the conclusion that college is simply there to suck the money out of young kids who go to college because it's what you do.

I've learned a lot in college, no doubt. Much about life, much from books. Regardless, I haven't learned $15,000 I couldn't have taught myself from books.

It's a racket really.

Then again, maybe I'm jaded. I am at one of the largest schools in the nation, and the number of absolute idiots here is astounding.