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Originally Posted by roachboy
i think it's pretty simple. you shouldn't go to college unless and until you know why you're there. until you reach that point, you're wasting the money of whomever it is that is fronting for you and wasting your time. i don't think it's an accident that the routine story is of waking up hung over one morning sometime during the first semester of junior year with the horrifying realization that you have to major in something.
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I disagree for two reasons. One is this:
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Originally Posted by roachboy
the problem with the article in the op is that it assumes---apparently---that the money one spends on tuition is simply laying around and can be accessed to do other things.
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The other is a simple fact that it takes experience to figure out who you are in life. Even if you waste your first year or two in college academically that is still better than working at Pizza Shack and playing World of Warcraft while waiting for the answers to come. You save thousands of dollars but lose out on years of life. I present an extreme example but also believe that the majority of people lack personal drive and resources to give themselves an equivalent experience in comparison to college.
I believe that for 95% of the population it's better to give college a try than wait around doing nothing.