Private University or Trade school?

[ZeroAX]

I've been lurking on this thread to learn more about the pros and cons of going and not going to college.

If you are going to study something that there is demand for (engineering, medicine, law, software engineering, gun accident insurance salesman ( ) ) in the American job market, then it's definitely worth it.

If you are going to study art, you might as well only study for 1 year and then drop out and try to make a living with your skill.

[dsheinem]

If you are going to study art, you might as well only study for 1 year and then drop out and try to make a living with your skill.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1 ... 0054918936

[ZeroAX]

If you are going to study art, you might as well only study for 1 year and then drop out and try to make a living with your skill.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1 ... 0054918936

Sorry, I don't live in the states anymore so I was just hazarding a guess based on all the jokes about fine art degrees.

But my point remains that if you are only studying to have a better chance in life, then it's better to pick something which is in high demand.


On the other hand, if something isn't in high demand, but you REALLY love it I think you should still study it, cause someone with high skills/passion for a job, will probably be able to get it cause his passion will make him stand out.

[dsheinem]

I was just hazarding a guess based on all the jokes about fine art degrees.

I'm convinced those jokes largely originate with people in miserable 9-5ers who are jealous of art graduates' relative happiness and independence.

If new students would treat college as a chance to study and pursue their passions and focus on a few areas of academic interest (whatever those interests may be) and don't treat it as simply a "necessary inconvenience on the road to a better-paying job" they'll usually (statistically) get more out of it and have a better chance at a successful career in something they want to do. Part of the value of a general education curriculum, for example, is in exposing students to a wide variety of fields and ideas that they may not yet know they have interest in, evidenced by the fact that about 2/3 or so of undergraduates switch their major at some point.

[JsGameRoom]

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I'm convinced those jokes largely originate with people in miserable 9-5ers who are jealous of art graduates' relative happiness and independence.

I'll take a 9-5 with a 401k over this " independence" they think they have in their 20s and 30s

[ZeroAX]

I'll take a 9-5 with a 401k over this " independence" they think they have in their 20s and 30s

Money doesn't bring happiness by itself.

I wonder what's your opinion on making less money to spend on stuff, but having a secure social net (free healthcare, free education, guaranteed retirement fund ect.).

[dsheinem]

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I'm convinced those jokes largely originate with people in miserable 9-5ers who are jealous of art graduates' relative happiness and independence.

I'll take a 9-5 with a 401k over this " independence" they think they have in their 20s and 30s

some of us see education as a route to a 401K and independence without all that 9-5 nonsense.

[JsGameRoom]

I'll take a 9-5 with a 401k over this " independence" they think they have in their 20s and 30s

Money doesn't bring happiness by itself.

I wonder what's your opinion on making less money to spend on stuff, but having a secure social net (free healthcare, free education, guaranteed retirement fund ect.).

I took a 60k paycut from last year... I know what making less money feels like.


Free healthcare? I don't mind paying for healthcare if it's great healthcare. Same with education.

And I don't believe a retirement fund should be guaranteed.. I think it should be worked for, and the harder you work and the better you invest the better it will be.

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I'm convinced those jokes largely originate with people in miserable 9-5ers who are jealous of art graduates' relative happiness and independence.

I'll take a 9-5 with a 401k over this " independence" they think they have in their 20s and 30s

some of us see education as a route to a 401K and independence without all that 9-5 nonsense.

People with degrees work 9-5's lol

[dsheinem]

People with degrees work 9-5's lol

Damn! I must be running late for work!

[JsGameRoom]

People with degrees work 9-5's lol

Damn! I must be running late for work!

That's okay I am too