HOW MANY PEOPLE IN HERE HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE
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I don't know if this counts, but I myself am going to be graduating from BCIT pretty soon with a masters certification in Web Development.
My opinion:
Going to College/University does not always make you a smarter person. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. It all depends on the maturity level of a person and how much that particular person is willing to advance mentally in order to understand and grasp the true nature of how the world works around him and outside his or her reach.
You can have a lot of booksmarts, and still lack major common skills, or vice versa.
To me, what college does is open and enhance your skills in the chosen area that you have paid to learn in. But what I had to do to understand some of these skills is that I have had to mature a little more in order to understand my new surroundings and the outside real world value of what is being taught to me.
I am not saying that I am completely matured or whatever, but to me college was a good learning experience.
My opinion:
Going to College/University does not always make you a smarter person. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. It all depends on the maturity level of a person and how much that particular person is willing to advance mentally in order to understand and grasp the true nature of how the world works around him and outside his or her reach.
You can have a lot of booksmarts, and still lack major common skills, or vice versa.
To me, what college does is open and enhance your skills in the chosen area that you have paid to learn in. But what I had to do to understand some of these skills is that I have had to mature a little more in order to understand my new surroundings and the outside real world value of what is being taught to me.
I am not saying that I am completely matured or whatever, but to me college was a good learning experience.
BSBA-Finance .. University of Denver
Just a little two-cent opinion.. Getting a degree doesn't equal more $$ by any means.. I've had my degree for 3 years now and earn a wage doing something that relates to my education in the least form. I make more money doing something that requires no college education than other jobs that have related to Finance. The time in which you graduate in correlation with what degree you earn has a major effect on how you prosper in such a field. For example, I graduated in 2001, probably the worst time to graduate with a Finance degree i.e.: the 9/11 tragedy, Merrill Lynch getting sued for an accounting scandal and then laying off 5,000 as a result, Janus Funds having major layoffs etc. etc... Therefore, it sometimes is simply a matter of timing or being patient and knowing which industry is hot at the moment. Otherwise, the good old catch-22 begins to bear its ugly face in times of "getting in" the door. You try to get involved in a certain industry to get experience, however, those same jobs you're applying for ask for a few years experience in the first place. So it's then time to bite the bullet and begin interning for free for a few months just to "get in the system". A vicious cycle indeed...
Just a little two-cent opinion.. Getting a degree doesn't equal more $$ by any means.. I've had my degree for 3 years now and earn a wage doing something that relates to my education in the least form. I make more money doing something that requires no college education than other jobs that have related to Finance. The time in which you graduate in correlation with what degree you earn has a major effect on how you prosper in such a field. For example, I graduated in 2001, probably the worst time to graduate with a Finance degree i.e.: the 9/11 tragedy, Merrill Lynch getting sued for an accounting scandal and then laying off 5,000 as a result, Janus Funds having major layoffs etc. etc... Therefore, it sometimes is simply a matter of timing or being patient and knowing which industry is hot at the moment. Otherwise, the good old catch-22 begins to bear its ugly face in times of "getting in" the door. You try to get involved in a certain industry to get experience, however, those same jobs you're applying for ask for a few years experience in the first place. So it's then time to bite the bullet and begin interning for free for a few months just to "get in the system". A vicious cycle indeed...
I earned a BA in Communications as of May 2K4 but what I hate is how a lot of folks have became billionaires with no degree whatsoever, shit irks me but at the same time I'm glad I went to college simply because I had the opportunity and being Black and female, I didn't want to not go because as an aspiring MC too I didn't want the stereotype of just "another dumb rapper making money."
educated : not = to intelligent. geeze, i guess some people didn't comprehend what im saying. @youngnutt, good for you bro, and im not saying its impossible to make money without a degree, you obviously are an exception to the rule. but proven statistics show that income is nearly doubled for those with degrees than without. im all saying is that you cant walk into a major company without something letting the company know that their hiring a knowledge dependable person. you can say how much money you have or how "intelligent" you are, and 9 times outta 10, their gonna give that job to a person with a degree. thats just the way it is, you dont have to like it, or may say its bullshit, but thats really how it goes. like i said, i have nothing against, or think im better than people without a degree. i just thaught it would be a good discussion
dog, u can get trained in pretty much any position, and be "educated" on the position........i didnt know shit about being a bank teller, but they trained me, so now im "educated" on being a teller. but thats totally different from being overall educated.......it takes more than knowing one subject to be educated