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The idea that it is learning outside a structured environment is "improbable" is part of the problem. Most college isn't very structured in the first place. I
by CyberDildonics 6y ago
The idea that it is learning outside a structured environment is "improbable" is part of the problem. Most college isn't very structured in the first place.
I think it is a problem with expectations. Kids seem to take on massive debt, then wonder why the job they get after spending four years at a school taking lots of classes that have nothing to do with the skills they need doesn't pay well enough to make their debt seem worthwhile.
The truth is that lots of kids are pushed into a path that wastes a huge amount of their time, energy and money, because what they need to actually become valuable is going to happen after they graduate.
- kube-system 6y agoI agree, that expectation is absolutely the problem. A liberal arts education is not and has never been intended to be a job-training program. The trope that kids should "go to college so they can get a job" has elements of truth but is wildly misleading when most interpret it to be a causal relationship. I don't blame post-secondary academics for this -- this is mostly a cultural problem. The last couple generations have been raised with a cultural expectation that 'success' equals 'college-bound', and secondary school advisors are not willing to rock the boat by suggesting anything otherwise.