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education is worthwhile for it's own non-vocational merits I completely agree (despite being a college dropout) and it speaks to my thought that we've been sel
by Zelphyr 11y ago
education is worthwhile for it's own non-vocational merits
I completely agree (despite being a college dropout) and it speaks to my thought that we've been selling secondary education the wrong way. "Go to college and get a good job!" seems to be progressively becoming "Go to college and have a lot of debt!" Perhaps we should be selling it as "Go to college and get a great education that will benefit you in countless ways no matter what vocation you find yourself in."
- geoelectric 11y agoThe debt is my major issue with portraying college as something everyone should (or worse, needs to) do, no matter how you want to sell the benefit. It's not just the number itself, it's about training young people that being tens of thousands of dollars in undischargable debt without capital collateral to back it up is a normal thing.
- Zelphyr 11y agoIts my understanding (someone feel free to correct me) that the cost of a local community college is still perfectly reasonable and you're still getting a decent education. I don't know what the difference is between those and Stanford from a quality of education standpoint but, anecdotally, one of the most brilliant programmers I've ever met went to the local community college.
- geoelectric 11y agoThe problem there is that the community colleges are generally two-year only, and the quality of the education varies from community to community. The four year equivalent would be a state university, which have the same issue for quality. They're definitely cheaper than the private universities, though.