College Conspiracy

[ktlight]

"College education is the largest scam in U.S. history! http://inflation.us

I had a 4.7 in high school. Got accepted to top notch schools. I didn't care for IVY leagues because I want more diversity. Anyways, there were other colleges I want to get into, like USC, but the costs were exponential. Scholarships were never given to me by private donors, only the schools themselves. School is a waste of money. I was lied that a 4.0 and above would grant me to college, but no one told me of the costs. That is why I went to a community college, Same courses, really!
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[Rantaak]

There are very few schools which are designed to teach critical thinking and analysis. The only way to teach these priceless abilities of mind is to throw students into a situation wherein they must utilize these abilities in order to successfully progress on some project or effort. Very few schools accomplish this, as I've said.

I am pleased with my college education, though I do understand that about 99% or more of colleges and universities are relatively useless in terms of imbuing anything but a knack for regurgitation of the distorted academia.

I studied Game Development, which touched on subjects like physics, higher math, psychology, information theory, computer science, project management, etc. These have all been very useful in terms of applying the learned patterns to my understanding of reality and how information on this planet interacts with itself. I also feel like the practice of articulating highly abstract phenomena was very useful in refining my language skills.

But then again, that could be all the drugs I've smoked.

[DNA]

I have to agree. I learned a few things in college, but not nearly what I've learned through reading and studying on my own. And further more, college prevented me from doing that for five years.
And to boot, I get to pay off all those handsome student loans now.
If I were to do it all over, I would not have done college.
Just my take.

[Douglass]

Thats a pretty informative video. I have watched it a few times previously. Just looking at the mathematics of financing a 4 year tuition is amazing, especially if like most of us, you use debt to pay for it. I went to school for a semester and dropped out when my parents told me I needed to get a loan. Most students dont think twice about incurring these huge debts, I did. I consider myself lucky, although I believe in higher education right now its just not a smart option.

Education has become really sad.
But I am optimistic for my generation and the future of Earth :)
END DEBT!
END THE FED
END THE FED

Ron Paul 2012

[Bo Atkinson]

I barely lasted a few weeks in college, well sort of.

Life is always more complicated. I wanted an artful lifestyle.

It increasingly became evident that creativity was under siege by "the system"- (As we called it in those days).

PlanB was self sufficient & self built life styling. Plenty of great examples through media and culture, even then.

Today, wow, the web is alive through diverse arts of living, including every trade in every shade.

From the top looking downwards, prideful leadership craves and ensnares the creative examples within history-- Which apparently explains the saying- Edited a little for this thread-

"It's not what you will learn or know (through college). Rather it is who you will know, at that point in time." Basically comprised of all the connections in one's path of life. One has about an equal chance of making the 'right' connections either way. Like betting on life long game. Most people apparently prefer the path with huddling. Join here, pay forever!

Besides that, our world has a collapse to deal with first. I'm glad to see many young people learning to work-study independently. I chose rural-but-gentrifying settings. I see young people today following similar patterns. Unmonopolized, self-sufficient-arts, informal, through apprenticeship which cover room, board, web and maybe 50% free time to exploit other creativity or prospective leads. Self educate through self responsibility, build up useful disciplines. That actually provided my continued self-education.

Some places will weather normal economic turmoil better than others. Through recognitions like self sufficient disciplines. Until such time as global trading is done on a measured, level playing field. Abundance Paradigm? How is this feasibile. Now that's a good study in itself.

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[WhiteFeather]

He who controls education controls history and with that try to control the population here in The USA, it truly is a 3 Ring Circus, Isn't It!
My Research down the proverbial rabbit hole has been quite a learning experience to say the least, and this cannot be taught in any Corrupt University or School, IMO

[IndiGo33]

The only positive thing about my college experience is that fortunately the financial aid and scholarships currently cover my entire tuition other than that about everything I learn I could have studied on my own time at home. After all professors usually only cover the materials you have previously read.