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>College is a waste of time and money for almost everyone who attends. The Bureau of Labor Statistics disagrees [0], As do the hiring managers at even lower le
by intopieces 10y ago
>College is a waste of time and money for almost everyone who attends.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics disagrees [0], As do the hiring managers at even lower level positions [1]
[0]http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm
[1]http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/09/09/report-employers-want-more-college-graduates-for-lower-level-jobs http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/09/09/report-employ...
- rayiner 10y agoCorrelation, not causation. Going to college doesn't make someone smarter, harder working, or more ambitious. Employers just use it as a signal for those things.
- intopieces 10y ago>Going to college doesn't make someone smarter, harder working, or more ambitious. And the BLS didn't measure those qualities, they measured earnings and unemployment. I suppose it's a waste of time if you don't value money or being employed. Since 3 out of 4 adults reported that money is the primary cause of stress in their lives [0]...it seems that doing the thing that makes it less likely to be unemployed might not be a waste of time after all. [0]http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-biggest-cause-of-stress-in-america-today/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-biggest-cause-of-stress-in-a...