Rather than make the idiotic "School is never a mistake" answer...
Tom Send a noteboard - 03/09/2009 04:25:00 PM
It depends on what you are studying and what you hope to achieve.
People who go to a random educational institution and get a degree in "X Studies" (where "X" can be virtually anything) and then expect that they will make more money upon graduating simply by virtue of the fact that they have a degree are deluded. If that person went into significant debt in order to get the "X Studies" degree then it is certainly a bad decision because it (a) wastes time, (b) does not increase income and (c) increases indebtedness.
This is the fundamental problem that I have with the much-touted ideology that "everyone should go to college". That mindset simply leads to a nation deep in debt (or rather, deeper, since we as a nation are in desperate straits).
In some cases, learning a trade will lead people to make more money than going to college. A well-trained plumber, electrician or auto mechanic in the greater NYC area can live well.
I can't say (and in fact, no one else responding who doesn't have more information than you provided can, either) whether or not school is a good choice for you. You need to give us more context. Anyone who has responded otherwise is being naive, unless their point is something trite along the lines of "education is its own reward".
People who go to a random educational institution and get a degree in "X Studies" (where "X" can be virtually anything) and then expect that they will make more money upon graduating simply by virtue of the fact that they have a degree are deluded. If that person went into significant debt in order to get the "X Studies" degree then it is certainly a bad decision because it (a) wastes time, (b) does not increase income and (c) increases indebtedness.
This is the fundamental problem that I have with the much-touted ideology that "everyone should go to college". That mindset simply leads to a nation deep in debt (or rather, deeper, since we as a nation are in desperate straits).
In some cases, learning a trade will lead people to make more money than going to college. A well-trained plumber, electrician or auto mechanic in the greater NYC area can live well.
I can't say (and in fact, no one else responding who doesn't have more information than you provided can, either) whether or not school is a good choice for you. You need to give us more context. Anyone who has responded otherwise is being naive, unless their point is something trite along the lines of "education is its own reward".
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
So I had a meeting with my boss today
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Of course it's not bad. Tell your boss to play a game of Hide and go f*** yourself.
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That was just wrong.
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I still maintain that your boss is a stupid bint-berk
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I am guessing your boss botched what she really meant to do. May I ask some questions?
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Re: Yeah, that feeling of personal advancement and fulfillment is for pansies.
03/09/2009 03:57:48 PM
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Rather than make the idiotic "School is never a mistake" answer...
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I'm going to major in History.
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What is MIS?
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The FACT is, last time I heard, individuals with a degree on average over the lifetime...
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