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RE: 59 pct of Republicans now think College is bad for America
(12-31-2019 10:37 AM)Guardian Wrote: I'm a high school graduate with a 6-figure job, making more than those 4-year and even some 6-year college grads around me. That said, I quit 13 classes shy of my B.S. so I have a bit of view on each side:
I did learn some things in college.
Those things have not helped me in the real world.
I closed the 'pay gap' by being a force on the job and outperforming those around me. I learned what needed to be learned on the job as quickly as I could. Some of the people here spend hours arguing about philosophical ideas on how we could do things better. I spend that time experimenting in the work itself and finding the best outcome without the wasted debate.
College isn't for everybody. I would even say college isn't for most.
Just my two cents.
Thanks. Your two cents seem right on the money. (Pun intended)
We have done a disservice to many by advertising a college degree as the way to a better life, without any qualifiers. So we end up with a lot of people with useless degrees and a lot of debt. A lot of those people would have done better by just getting out into the workforce or getting some technical training.
I see some of those degrees as door openers, no more than that. My own degrees were mostly useless in my work.
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