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One thing people always seem to overlook is that college is really, really, really super fun. I'm not being facetious! It's uniquely fun and interesting opportu
by standardUser 3y ago
One thing people always seem to overlook is that college is really, really, really super fun. I'm not being facetious! It's uniquely fun and interesting opportunity that was easily worth the ~$100/mo I'll be paying for the rest of my life.
5 stars, would be educated again.
- pauldenton 3y agoSo is maxing out your credit card and going on an epic Spring Break, but we don't pretend that those kinds of vacations should be subsidized by the state and given special tax privileges like Colleges.
- standardUser 3y agoI'm certain you missed the "educated" part of my comment.
- barry-cotter 3y agoMany more people enjoy the four or five year paid holiday component than enjoy the intellectual stimulation component. > “Research on college boredom is thin but confirms the continuity of pain. A study of British college students found 59% were bored in half or more of their lectures. Only 2% claimed to find none of their lectures boring.34” Excerpt From The Case against Education Bryan Caplan “34. Mann and Robinson 2009, pp. 249–50.” Boredom in the Lecture Theatre https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-04304-005 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-04304-005