Originally Posted by johnnysnow

Dude! You seriously have a chip on your shoulder and an obvious inferiority complex. Trust me when I say that nobody cares whether you attended, attend, or plan not to attend college. I think most of us are posting about the positive aspects of attending college. I have not heard anyone yet imply that those who do not attend college have chosen to waste their life and will accomplish nothing. You, on the other hand, do not miss a single opportunity to label college as a complete waste of time. I wonder if you see how completely irrational your being. Regardless, I have serious doubt now whether you really earned your associates degree. I can't imagine anyone who, after completing a degree program, would so vigorously deny its merit. Now that I think about it, your right. You absolutely wasted your time and money.

Originally Posted by Tink

"Neither of us deny that college is a negative thing, but some of you have this idea that it is what makes or breaks you. I'll say it one more time, it's post highschool."

Be kind enough to include everything I said if you're going to quote. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Tink

I don't think Dan is saying what you are implying. I, however, keep seeing more than one person in here with the inferiority complex you're talking about and it's not Dan. Try to step back and take an unbiased view.

Originally Posted by USMCFLYR

jeforte -

I don't think that it was the OP that went to college for 2 years and called college a waste of time. The OP simply asked if a college degree was required for upgrade.

USMCFLYR

Originally Posted by Dan64456

College is just a scam... A way to keep 18 to 22 snot nosed kids out of adult’s hair, and the school makes money and the economy gets stimulated in the process... (Loans force people to work to pay them back... Keeps banks in business as well, and employs more people, etc, etc., Most importantly keeps these kids in check so they can't protest on the streets of DC, etc.) It's all a system. What 19 yr old kid is really going to take their job seriously?

It's just a time killer/money maker IMO... I know some real idiots that managed to get a degree. Doesn't mean you are smart or more capable of anything at all. Some of my friends are living proof of that. Nothing wrong with it, they are still good people, and to each is own... But you get my point.

So no, I don't believe it should be a requirement. Some people are free thinkers and like learning about what interests them... Not what is laid out in their course catalogs under the section of whatever "Major" they choose.

Not saying that everyone who goes to college is not a free thinker, I'm just saying that the working world needs to open their minds a bit, becuase there are some brilliant minds out there that for whatever reason didn't end up taking the common upper middle class and higher trail in life (didn't end up in college).


I respect someone that worked their whole life much more than some spoiled brat that drove a car on their parents dime and went to school on their dime as well... Degree or not. But I also respect people who worked their way thru college as well...


It shouldn't matter in some things... As a pilot, you gotta know your stuff... I don't think there is much of a way to fake that. I know there are bad pilots out there and all, but again, you probably get my point. There is an exception for every rule I guess...

And the argument about being well rounded, and more professional, well I know some people with whatever MBA or MS that are far from well rounded and professional. I work with them. They were mostly all the types of kids I'm talking about. Everythign handed to them from day one, every advantage from day one, and they grow up to become the biggest cry baby/unprofessional/ignorant/disrespectful whatever people. They never had to work other lowly jobs to learn the ropes of real life... Their first jobs were at age 23 when they did their first internships. Pathetic in my opinion.

Going to a place full of kids from the same age/race/income level/class whatever isn't the best way to get 'educated' or to get exposed to the most 'diversity'.

So why should a degree automatically earn someone’s respect? Usually it's the people who had an easier life that 'earn' these degrees. Some of these degree holders arrogance baffles me.

But this is just my opinion.