Comments on: Don’t get that college degree!! http://www.bdwakefield.com/idevelop/2009/06/30/dont-get-that-college-degree/ my corner of the universe Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:34:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: bwakefield http://www.bdwakefield.com/idevelop/2009/06/30/dont-get-that-college-degree/comment-page-1/#comment-21 bwakefield Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:27:54 +0000 http://www.bdwakefield.com/idevelop/?p=189#comment-21 It really does amaze me. I mean I don't see how anybody could say that the college degree is worthless. Especially because it depends so heavily on saving and I don't think somebody making that little money can really hope to save a whole lot. It is a big gamble with so-so pay offs. Doesn't seem worth it to me. It really does amaze me. I mean I don’t see how anybody could say that the college degree is worthless. Especially because it depends so heavily on saving and I don’t think somebody making that little money can really hope to save a whole lot.

It is a big gamble with so-so pay offs. Doesn’t seem worth it to me.

]]> By: Novi http://www.bdwakefield.com/idevelop/2009/06/30/dont-get-that-college-degree/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Novi Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:30:14 +0000 http://www.bdwakefield.com/idevelop/?p=189#comment-20 (Happened upon your site from the c6c forums, which I haven't been to in forever) I think a very important aspect of a college education was completely left out of this: the EDUCATION part. Regardless of how much money you can make at a 9-5 (which is considerably higher, obviously) after graduation, you walk away from that college with more knowledge than you could possibly have expected to gain otherwise. It amazes me how ignorant people are. (Happened upon your site from the c6c forums, which I haven’t been to in forever)

I think a very important aspect of a college education was completely left out of this: the EDUCATION part. Regardless of how much money you can make at a 9-5 (which is considerably higher, obviously) after graduation, you walk away from that college with more knowledge than you could possibly have expected to gain otherwise.

It amazes me how ignorant people are.

]]> By: bwakefield http://www.bdwakefield.com/idevelop/2009/06/30/dont-get-that-college-degree/comment-page-1/#comment-17 bwakefield Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:21:46 +0000 http://www.bdwakefield.com/idevelop/?p=189#comment-17 No kidding. That article just doesn't make any sense for 95-99% of the world. I mean there is no reason people have to leave college with lots of debt. There are grants, and scholarships, etc. The problem is people don't think about what they want to do before they get to school and take 2 years to figure it out. My "debt" from school was less than $17k and most of what I borrowed didn't have anything to do with pay for school itself but paying my bills and such. It really isn't that hard if you think for a little bit before you jump into school. The other thing they leave out is that potential for advancement for those that don't have a degree don't usually get. There are those that don't have much if any post-secondary education that do very well, but it is definitely the exception to the rule. The biggest thing the degree gives you is proof that you can learn and that is the important part. No kidding. That article just doesn’t make any sense for 95-99% of the world. I mean there is no reason people have to leave college with lots of debt. There are grants, and scholarships, etc. The problem is people don’t think about what they want to do before they get to school and take 2 years to figure it out.

My “debt” from school was less than $17k and most of what I borrowed didn’t have anything to do with pay for school itself but paying my bills and such. It really isn’t that hard if you think for a little bit before you jump into school.

The other thing they leave out is that potential for advancement for those that don’t have a degree don’t usually get. There are those that don’t have much if any post-secondary education that do very well, but it is definitely the exception to the rule. The biggest thing the degree gives you is proof that you can learn and that is the important part.

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