Would You Go To College

[Terrierman]

6 hours ago, oneshot said:

I’m 68 and asked my wife about going to College and she said it was a waste of time and money.

Right now I’m taking MU and FEMA classes online. My wife says these are enough to keep me busy.

oneshot

Does she think reading books is a waste of time and money?  I say if you have the time and the money tell her to shove it, I already applied and have been accepted.  See you later, I'm moving to the dorm with the rest of the freshmen, someplace where I don't have to burn wood to stay warm, blow leaves or clean deer for the neighbors.

[jdmidwest]

Take the classes and learn something new.

Computer skills are handy, programming, website development.

Learning new things keeps you young, and its not a waste of time.  Times wasters are the ones that are on FB and Tiktokker all of the time when they could actually be using the knowledge on the internet to gain something in the brain.

I use the net to search for history, maps, beekeeping, fishing tactics, and other research.  And, of course, learn lots of things on here.

[MrGiggles]

I wouldn't recommend it to a young person unless they already have a specific direction and a good way to pay for it.

I had some classes with a few older guys, I think they did it mostly for fun, and for something to do. 

I couldn't stand programming. I totally cheesed my way through that class. There were parts of it that were kind of fun, but I didn't relate to any of my classmates and the material was awfully boring. 

I'm not going back unless I have money and time to burn. I just don't really see the return on that investment with the current job market and cost of living in bigger cities.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

I recommend going to the bar in your college years and networking. Its really about who you know. Meet as many people as you can

[Terrierman]

25 minutes ago, MrGiggles said:

I wouldn't recommend it to a young person unless they already have a specific direction and a good way to pay for it.

I had some classes with a few older guys, I think they did it mostly for fun, and for something to do. 

I couldn't stand programming. I totally cheesed my way through that class. There were parts of it that were kind of fun, but I didn't relate to any of my classmates and the material was awfully boring. 

I'm not going back unless I have money and time to burn. I just don't really see the return on that investment with the current job market and cost of living in bigger cities.

On average, holders of a Bachelor's degree earn just about twice as much over their lifetime as a person with a high school diploma.  Unless a person hates having money, it's definitely worth it.

[Nick Adams]

4 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

A "degree" only indicates that you answered questions/ performed tasks in the way that you were instructed to.  And that doesn't necessarily make you smart, or brilliant....it just makes you a good student.

Such a cynical view. Sounds much more like high school than college. College teaches critical thinking. You can argue all you want that it doesn't., but it does. There are millions of anecdotal accounts and probably thousands of studies.

There are thousand of jobs, high and low paying, that need a degree and the knowledge that goes with it. The tests are for accountability. Do some people test better than others? Yes. But a real college degree is about more than just hoops.

@oneshot Why the heck not? At your age, you probably qualify for all kinds of grants and you wouldn't pay much of anything. Take something for fun: history, creative writing, drafting, whatever.

[Flysmallie]

I could have learned everything that I learned in college on my own. But it would have taken a lot more time and probably several hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment to learn on. 
 

 

[Devan S.]

Wasn't the first half of your life swinging, parties, and wild stories?

Now your just killing time. 
 

I don't ever wanna grow up.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, Nick Adams said:

College teaches critical thinking.

What it teaches wasn't questioned.

What it produces was.   

 

Every single one of the people running our country is a highly accredited college graduate.    Take a look around ! 😢

[Terrierman]

16 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

What it teaches wasn't questioned.

What it produces was.   

 

Every single one of the people running our country is a highly accredited college graduate.    Take a look around ! 😢

College does a lot of good things for a lot of people, but a couple of things it doesn't do is instill common sense or a moral compass.