College Education

@xyver, I will after if it comes to it! Plan A is to push my music to the next level in some form of profession and to keep on investing until im financially free. Maybe write some books on self growth, teach meditation or something along those lines, there’s so much I’m passionate about that could come to be something life is truly exciting that way. Making wages at a job is my plan b. i want to represent the idea that you can achieve your dreams and change your mind.

@kankles, I absolutely agree with your opinion. Although I am studying psychology (totally different path than yours, which is -art) gaining experience is the same principle.
I think that college education largely contributes to growth of our mind and knowledge. Our minds are growing with social and emotional experiences, and our knowledge we get from practice, books, and listening to older people (not laymen – professors, masters in particular sciences) who already been there where we might want to be one day in the future.
My personal example: I am hopping to work with prison population, basically – scientific work. I could never succeed and achieve that goal without a college education. And above all, without a chance of practice in Hospital for prisoners.
And now I am about to have 40 hours in such institution.

And that experience is just priceless if you ask me.

College can be good and with point, if you are going for your dream, and that is just a shortcut.
:)

I have loved my Master’s course, but I didn’t enjoy my undergrad, probably because I didn’t pick the right course for my undergrad.

Nevertheless, I’ve had invaluable learning experiences in college, that really have opened my mind and expanded my knowledge base… HOWEVER, it seems that a college education doesn’t have the same value as it once did. Every Tom, Dick and Harry can get a Masters now, and STILL find it hard to get a job. All this, while paying through the nose (I’m in Sydney, and my cumulative higher education has cost me upwards of $40,000).

College needs to be inexpensive, and more competitive, I think, or it loses value. This loss of value is why I can understand people now saying that a college education is overrated in terms of opportunities for employment.

I am currently a senior in high school. Ill be graduating the following spring. Im not sure if i Will be Enrolling on a college or a niversity directly after graduating, or if i will take a gap year to study italian, travel, do community service and explore my options. I believe we humans are, by nature, life-long learners. By being in a liberal arts high school, i was able to learn that human talent cant and shouldnt be measured by a single conception of abilities.

I dont think every high school graduate should immediatly enroll in a university or college.
I dont believe college is for everyone.
I dont believe we need to have a life plan in order to succeed.
I dont believe in standarization of education because human fluorishing is not an industrial process, rather it is an organic process.
I DO believe that life is what you make it. We decide how to live life, by understanding why we do it that way. I believe in expressing and sharing your dreams.

Many of the ideas expressed in this post come from my admiration to Sir Ken Robinson. :)

@kankles, That’s why I am milking it. I ended up finding a few courses I enjoy to take as well which is nice. And sure, I may sound negative when I speak of school. There’s positives about it though as well which I know I will enjoy like the social atmosphere.

Obviously the education system has it’s pros and cons, but saying you can get the exact same education without going to college is ridiculous. And having a diploma is pretty sweet when it comes to getting jobs.

@kankles, College can be both good and bad things. If you are interested in academia and gaining knowledge, then it is a very good thing. But too many people go to college, because they believe they have to or that they are a better person for having a college education. I know so many people who hate their courses, and essentially learn nothing, they just take notes they’re not, nor have any interest in understanding. They are just going to memorize them and repeat them in their exams.
I believe college can only be productive if, you are geared towards a certain career and you need to go to college to achieve it, or if you are generally interested in just learning. The latter is why I go to college, I have no intentions of using my education to get a specific job. I merely want to learn. My interests are purely academic. I’m in an arts course (Literature/social studies specifically), but many of my class mates have no interest in being there, they are merely counting down the minutes until they are finished. What is the point in that. It is not mandatory, if you’re not interested, why bother?

College was the greatest experience iv ever been through. Character building experiences around every corner and you really decide who your going to become. I graduated from Shippensburg U ( go red raiders) as a biologist. Going into school i had no direction at all. Now i love bio, the understanding and study of life is great IMO. Now i just need to find a job which is going to be tough but i only graduated 3 weeks ago. In time it will come.