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There's a reason the process involves compulsory tedium rather than skill/knowledge certification.
by bobcostas55 8y ago
There's a reason the process involves compulsory tedium rather than skill/knowledge certification.
- sonnyblarney 8y agoThe process absolutely involves skill and intelligence and most of it is not tedious. Doing a few sample questions, trying to solve a quadratic is not 'tedious', for example. Neither is coding your first little program.
- radiantswirl 8y agoYeah but all the tedious hoops you must jump through to even get to that point are absolutely ludicrous and reveal college as the sheeple-manufacturing scam that everyone now knows it is.
- sonnyblarney 8y ago"reveal college as the sheeple-manufacturing scam that everyone now knows it is." Though college is not for everyone, it's objectively not a 'sheeple producing scam', and 'most people' know that. You're entitled to your opinion, surely, but I don't think you speak for the masses on that one.
- radiantswirl 8y agoThe NYT article from yesterday detailing how millennials are now choosing trades instead of college supports my point
- chongli 8y agoThere's nothing tedious about the advanced math and CS classes at University of Waterloo, for example. The weekly assignments will crush you if you don't give them each at least 10 hours of solid work, but they're not tedious at all. They're simply that difficult. But they're only worth 10% of your overall grade. The remaining 90% is split between the midterm and final. If you think you're such a hot shot that you don't need the assignments or the midterm to prepare you, they'll usually let you write and count the final alone towards 90% of your grade. Good luck, though.