Why is it considered valuable and what do you get out of it?

Originally posted by jonnyofthedead
Why is it considered valuable and what do you get out of it?

something to hang on your wall? :shrug:

Originally posted by jonnyofthedead
Why is it considered valuable and what do you get out of it?
Theoretically it's more critical thinking type education rather than much of the fact based knowledge you get in high school. It also is supposed to train you in a specific field (one's major) and prepare you for work in that field.

Personally, as I matured into adulthood, the education that I received at the university was taken much more seriously then high school and I certainly did get a lot out of it.

A better life, if you use it right.

Originally posted by Katalina
A better life, if you use it right.

Yeah ... it makes you better then us uneducated slobs :nice: :D

Originally posted by 92Notch


Yeah ... it makes you better then us uneducated slobs :nice: :D :nice:

hey I'm not a slob:(

To be a better citizen.

That seems to be interpreted as "employable" by far too many.

I'll go out on a limb and argue that the point of a higher education is to protect the collective, by giving the individual a better ability to negotiate the environment. Basically to make every pair of eyes a scout in the future terrain.

Some will protect our food supply. Some will protect our health. Others will protect the allegiance of the collective.

Originally posted by Unrepresented
To be a better citizen.

That seems to be interpreted as "employable" by far too many.

I'll go out on a limb and argue that the point of a higher education is to protect the collective, by giving the individual a better ability to negotiate the environment. Basically to make every pair of eyes a scout in the future terrain.

Some will protect our food supply. Some will protect our health. Others will protect the allegiance of the collective.

You think too damn much. ;)

Originally posted by Smashing Young Man
You think too damn much. ;)
Sorry.:p

Please insert whatever 302riz would say in place of my post.:|

Originally posted by Unrepresented

Sorry.:p

Please insert whatever 302riz would say in place of my post.:|

Here let me..



What's the point of higher education?
Originally posted by 302riz

The college chicks:D

Who loves her paulie?

Mostly it proves that you can play the game and do what is needed to get the degree. That piece of paper means nothing as far as what you are or are not capable of doing or knowing.

Give me something to flaunt at dinner parties...

All kidding aside, higher education helps people get 'higher level' jobs, higher income, more respect/prestige, and an overall sense of accomplishment.

Higher education isn't a mickey mouse like education (in the states) like high school is. The first 2 weeks of my Freshman physics class we covered what it took a year to cover in high school, no joke.

Sure, higher education isn't NEEDED for any of that stuff, but it helps.

A place for post-high schoolers to go to drink a lot and get laid.:D

Means of reproducing social structure and hierarchy mostly.

It should mean helping people understand and think critical and independently on a subject of their choice (with the aid of knowing what other people thought before them). It should not mean simply the insertion of a certain amount of "facts" in to your head.

Avoding responsiblity for 5 years

I only went to college so I could get a good paying job, not to make myself smarter :scratch:



:D

To gain knowlodge and be able to accomplish the goals I set for myself.

To teach you how to think and learn, and to help you grow as a person. It could just be me, but I can tell the difference between people who have been to university, and those who never have. In general the people who went are more mature now (from being about the same at the end of school). This is just my own observations though, and I know plenty of exceptions on both sides.

Hugs

lilnymph

Originally posted by igofast

Theoretically it's more critical thinking type education rather than much of the fact based knowledge you get in high school. It also is supposed to train you in a specific field (one's major) and prepare you for work in that field.

My thoughts exactly. College teaches you how to think and apply knowledge. College opened my eyes to a lot of things. You don't really notice it when you are there, but as you mature and the years begin to pass, you can better appreciate the what you learned in college, but from a practical knowledge perspective as well as critical thinking.