Originally Posted by
waflyboy
Dan,
With respect to your statement "College is a scam," I must disagree. What you take from higher education (or any education, really) largely depends on what you put into it, and your attitude in the process.
As such, I suggest that if you go to school simply so you can get a better job, or a job in a specific field, the scope of your learning will be rather narrow. This might cause some discontent if you start your new job and find it unsatisfactory, or if you cannot find a job in your new field.
On the other hand, if you go to school to enrich yourself through critical thinking, the improvement of important skills (i.e. verbal, quantitative, reasoning), and interaction with a diverse group of people, you might find the end result a bit more satisfying.
Good point about the job and discontentness part...
But again, I've met alot of people from alot of different backgrounds working here... The ones who "Just went to college and never worked" have little to no ability to use reasoning and quantitive logical thinking. They seem much more naive and immature than the people I know who had to work their way thru life... Who knows... Maybe I am the exception to the rule, or maybe they are?
Point is, i don't respect anyone any less or more because they took the so called right track... I respect people based upon their own merits, and don't believe anyone is any less or more intelligent or professional just because they went to a university or whatever... It just seems like most people claim that people who didn't go to college are less professional or intelligent than those who did. Far from true in my opinion.
Some people learn to see this "game" as a waste of time... And rise above it... Not necessarily in financial status either. In my opinion, it is those people who are smarter than the rest.
That takes us back to the Bill Gates thing... I believe this is how he saw it after a few years of trying it.