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Originally Posted by JinnKai
I'm a far better self-teacher than any I've yet had, so if I want to :LEARN:, I teach myself. I go, however, because its free and people, for some asinine reason, won't believe I'm 'educated' until I have that piece of paper.
College is an institutionalized waste of an 'education' for me, and I'd probably go with your roommate.. its about developing as a person, not an academic. My interpersonal skills have dramatically changed, and I've learned much more about myself than I learned about scholarly topics.
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Well that's great for you, but not everyone is like you. Do you seriously think that the average person could pick up a book and teach himself quantum physics as well as he could learn it from a professor? What is your major?
College is not about developing as a person. Sure, people do develop while at school, but it's because it's a brand new situation to them, not because the school is geared towards that goal. Does your school have backrub sessions and hair braiding support groups or something? I don't know of any employer that would give two fucks about someone being developed as a person because they went to college. Sure, it's good to have stable, mature people working for you, but that's not why specifically they would hire a person. "Well, he has no works skills and knows nothing about biochemistry, but let's hire him anyway, because he's a nice guy!"