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10 Reasons Parents Should DEFINITELY Not send their kids to College
- redthrowaway 16y agoWell, we know the author took 6 classes, worked 40 hours/week, drank constantly, and had sex more than 1000 times his first year (by his reckoning). Then, upon graduating with a MS in CS from Cornell, he had to be sent away for lessons on how to connect a computer to the Internet. I think I see why he thinks college isn't valuable. For the rest of us, who spend time more learning and honing skills than boning and vomiting, I'd say it's pretty damned valuable.
- jaltucher 16y agoOh yeah? How so? And you should check out the alternatives for your kids rather than flush the money down the toilet. Here they are: http://bit.ly/iewfpx http://bit.ly/iewfpx
- redthrowaway 16y agoWell, first I don't go to school in the US, so the financial aspect is a much different consideration. Second, I don't spend my time drinking and whoring, but rather studying, sprinkled with the occasional drinking and whoring. Third, most companies looking to hire devs/engineers/etc want to see a BS in CS or math. You're limiting your options by trying to do it the self-taught way. That's not to say that you can't do it, just that there aren't as many open doors. Your view of college seems to be pretty slanted and limited to your experiences. My sisters both went through college with steady boyfriends, and only occasional partying. Then again, they went to an academic, rather than party school. YMMV.
- gexla 16y agoWhy not boning and vomiting? I think the college years are probably the best time to get lots of boning in, college or no. However, college does provide a more target rich environment than say... working at a cubicle farm housing programmers.
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