Everyone must get a college education!

I have read your lesson here. Now I no longer need to go to college to learn these.

You should have learned H2O in elementary school, so the lesson is pay attention early.

My daughter recently was applying for a job with a company that won't hire anyone without an MBA degree.

College was my first real opportunity to make friends with people who were from diverse backgrounds, cultures or beliefs.

Try getting a job with out at least an Associate's degree these days! I've been asked why I don't start at Bachelor's degree. It's not like getting that bit of paper is ever going to pay off at my age.

College was a great experience for me though I waited until I was 30 to begin.

I studied lots of art and theater and cinema.

My astronomy class was awesome and I've loved it ever since.

I have 3 degrees and I find myself disagreeing with you. For a lot of people a college degree is fine. I needed one or two or three but not until I had worked in the real world for 14 years. If everyone went to college there would be no one in the trades, no one to build your home or repair your plumbing. There would be no one to weld, no one to sell you whatever you needed and no one to fix your car. Some with disabilities have wonderful lives without ever stepping foot in college.

Some who go to college find they are being taught by teachers who have never set foot in the real world. Many teachers coming out of college would have been better off with an apprenticeship program. What does one do with a degree in political science?

There are many two year programs that pay better than 4 year or 6 year programs. I needed college but I am glad for the heating & cooling technician who did not go to college but can keep my air conditioning going.

I met my wife before I went to college and we have been married for 27 years.

I don't know about the rest of the world but I am attending College to get a Master's In Secondary Education and I am 57 years old, I work as a fast food manager. I am going because I want the knowledge that this run of courses will give me.

I got a Master's degree 10 years ago, but haven't been able to use it! I'm stuck doing accounting work which is OK, but not what I want to do with my life. I'd like to be paid to travel like Samantha Brown does on the Travel Channel!

College, you only get out of it what you put into it. It's pretty easy to get through college without learning anything of value. Millions of people have gone through the public schools that way and it can be done in college, too. For some people college is just a waste of time and money. For others it gives them the world. For most it's a mixture. But everyone who goes to college with an open, questioning mind can fill it ten times over with far more wonders than ever appear on television.

Yes, college can be complete waste of time; that is, if a student does not take it seriously and views it as an opportunity to party for four, five--maybe even six--years, then it is not only a waste of time--but also a waste of money! But other than that, I believe college is a beneficial experience, which enables us to attain many of our life goals. And for all of you who are pursuing your degrees later in life, I applaud you and wish you the best in your academic pursuits!

I totally recommend college if one can afford it. I was not being entirely serious. However, people can have totally successful lives without a degree.

the true mark of an educated person is that the person knows how to find the answers to what she/he wants or needs to know. We educate ourselves.

I shudder to think how smart I'd be today if I'd had the internet all of my first fifty years!
That young people don't know things just bewilders me. (case in point: Check out Clerk at new Grocery store in town holds up beets and asks me:"What are these?" I say "beets." She says "Are they some sort of produce?"...) Why aren't today's young people the smartest generation of all? The internet in their home will tell them just about everything they could want to know.

While it is true you can get an education outside college, it is also a fact that a college degree or degrees are the only thing that can get you the career you want. Try to get hired for many jobs without one.

I am also of the school of thought that many colleges' curricula miss the mark in that they focus on training rather than true education. My husband and I both think that a classical education, rather than strict training, is important primarily in producing a well-rounded, happy human being and citizen. Both our kids went to private prep schools where the focus was on extensive reading and critical thinking skills in many areas, including languages and logic. They went on to universities that had the same philosophy.

In my work I often encounter people with college degrees who cannot think themselves out of a box, and have terrible communication skills. They often are not aware of many things in the world around them that impact their daily lives, because all they ever focussed on were training and social interaction.

If I had my wish, all schools through grade 12 would abandon targeted training and focus on true education with the goal of a rounded, well-read, well-spoken individual with a broad background of knowledge. LIfe is not siloed - everything is integrated and people should function with a broad base of knowledge, then if they want to specialize, at least they have that base on which to function intelligently as adults.

Actually C6H12O6 is glucose or, depending on the arrangement of the atoms, another simple sugar. The white stuff we put in coffee is sucrose. I forget the formula. :)

Which goes to prove that even frogs are better educated than humans.
:)

Wouldn't that be C12-H24-O12? Just as long as it's not H2SO4 (sulfuric acid)!

I agree that a college education is so very important. Nowdays even more important.