College

[Mitch f]

My brother Kevin and I talked at length years ago after our parents passed. We both decided that our parents taught us right from wrong, got us involved in church and Christian youth groups around St. Louis, and pretty much left us alone. They were the opposite of helicopter parents. We pretty much discovered everything on our own with minimal guidance. I’m not so sure that’s at all very bad. As far as college went, they honestly had no clue as far as preparing us for college. They grew up in Arkansas in the 30’s from farm families. My dad said he would pay for all our college if we decided to go. We basically went a year or two at junior college and that was it. I kind of considered myself the last of the Mohicans in that respect. I got into the Metrology field like my dad and never looked back. Good tradesmen are retiring by the thousands now and aren’t being replaced very fast. Kind of a shame really.

[Terrierman]

6 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Can someone give me an example of something that you can learn in college that you can't learn on your own?  

Statistics,  Organic Chemistry, Quantitative chemical analysis, Qualitative chemical analysis, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Lemnology, I could go on but you get the point.  Maybe.

[Dutch]

I really doubt that the guy who did my hand surgeries could have learned how to do his job on his own.

[Basfis]

9 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Can someone give me an example of something that you can learn in college that you can't learn on your own?  

Alumni network. 

[Devan S.]

1 hour ago, Dutch said:

I really doubt that the guy who did my hand surgeries could have learned how to do his job on his own.

But did he learn that in college? Or did he learn that kind of stuff during residency with another trained doctor looking over his shoulder. 

 

I've never been but my guess is outside cadavers med school doesn't involve much in the way of surgery. 

 

I look at college as a piece of paper that says you have the basics and fundamentals. You got them (suffered in some cases) put in the time and work to get them. Now your first employer knows your committed and can train you to actually do the day to day job stuff. 

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14 minutes ago, Basfis said:

Alumni network. 

Job referrals from professors.  

[oneshot]

We found the other day we have too many Chiefs which I am one and not enough Indians.

Like I say I learned more in Trade School, hands on than I did in College.

My wife uses all that she has learned both in Trade School and College at her Job. Both Medical and Computers.

Our one Son in most part don’t need his College education but like many is really hurting because of COVID-19. Our Daughter is using Consoling more now with COVID-19. But she really don’t like it because normally she would work from home.

oneshot

[Devan S.]

42 minutes ago, oneshot said:

We found the other day we have too many Chiefs which I am one and not enough Indians.

I cant think of anyplace this isn't the truth. 

[fishinwrench]

6 hours ago, Terrierman said:

Statistics,  Organic Chemistry, Quantitative chemical analysis, Qualitative chemical analysis, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Lemnology, I could go on but you get the point.  Maybe.

So you're telling me that nobody knew anything about any of those topics before the first college was built?

[Terrierman]

28 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

So you're telling me that nobody knew anything about any of those topics before the first college was built?

Yes.  Absolutely.  Then Oxford and they knew how to do the magic.