I spent total 21 years until I completed my university education. However, I never went for the job on the subjects I leaned through traditional learning environment. This makes me wonder if college/university education is actually needed to progress in life. What do you think?
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Do you really need college/university education?
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You need one thing that isn't really taught at modern schools, either public or private, primary, secondary, or higher....
"How to Learn".
"How to Learn".
You don't. Trade schools exist and a well trained tradesman is invaluable. I spent a few years at community college because everyone told me I HAD to go to college. It just wasn't for me.
Later I went to school for HVAC and got my certificate. Now I fix air conditioners, furnaces, and heat pumps. I make a pretty decent wage.
Later I went to school for HVAC and got my certificate. Now I fix air conditioners, furnaces, and heat pumps. I make a pretty decent wage.
A lot of work places are fighting with colleges because colleges tell students that they should ask for X amount of salary once they get their degree. Business' are now saying "nope" to everything colleges are saying and training people without college degrees and paying those people less than college students would be making just because they can.
If they could get the training and skills without a degree, why would anyone want to waste their time and money going to a college? Most of these 4 year degrees could be done in less than half the time but they just have to have their tuition.
If I could do it over, I'd never have wasted my time on college, so yeah, makes sense for businesses to look beyond a piece of paper
What makes you say that?
Because I'm still in debt from that, I have nothing to show for it, and I can learn everything I learned in college on the internet. So...wasted money, wasted time, honestly.
A lot of colleges make it difficult for people to pay their debts. I see why. They get more money selling it off to debt collectors who often buy 5 percent of it. My ex wife's college debt went to 3 different debt collectors who harassed us. Last I checked when we divorced, she had 19 thousand of it left to pay.
Yep, it's all money spinning.
While I know college is a choice, I still feel like they take advantage of today's youth who can't afford to go by burying them into a mound of debt that they won't be able to pay off. That is just unacceptable to me.
They absolutely do. Pressure, pressure, pressure, go to college, get the job, get the women, buy the car.
I think a lot of it is the parents and the high school pushing kids to go for college. They give this whole "if you want a future, go to college" bullshit speech that they preach about all of the time and it's pretty untrue. A lot of people don't go to college and they make a lot of money and are well off.
To succeed in life? Depends on your definition of success. In my opinion, no, you do not need a college education. However, I do feel like a person should further their education regardless of what they wish to study. Higher education usually leads to more development, and the moment you stop learning is the moment you are no longer living.
And common sense; don't forget common sense.
