From day 1, we are told that the only place we can learn is in a school. Maybe not in so many words, but, think back... to the first time you ever started doing bad in school. Your parents probably told you that you were supposed to be learning in school, and asked you what you were doing. This IMPLIES that if you are getting bad grades, you are not learning... but more than that, it implies that SCHOOL is the only place you can learn.
How screwed up is that?
I have learned so much outside of school... only lately did I realize it. Hell, I've learned that some of the things I've learned in school aren't even true! Yet, it seems like everyone I talk to is borderline-OBSESSED with college/uni. Why? People have literally told me it is the ONLY way to succeed in the world, yet all I've seen coming out of higher education is mediocrity, and sometimes outright failure. Was that loan really worth it...?
It makes me wonder if the college system has made a concentrated effort to make college seem like the only option...if they did, it sure did work. The masses walk blindly to universities, thinking a masters or doctorate or Phd is somehow going to be their ticket to paradise... where is the rational thought? It horrifies me.
/endrant
How screwed up is that?
I have learned so much outside of school... only lately did I realize it. Hell, I've learned that some of the things I've learned in school aren't even true! Yet, it seems like everyone I talk to is borderline-OBSESSED with college/uni. Why? People have literally told me it is the ONLY way to succeed in the world, yet all I've seen coming out of higher education is mediocrity, and sometimes outright failure. Was that loan really worth it...?
It makes me wonder if the college system has made a concentrated effort to make college seem like the only option...if they did, it sure did work. The masses walk blindly to universities, thinking a masters or doctorate or Phd is somehow going to be their ticket to paradise... where is the rational thought? It horrifies me.
/endrant
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