School Complaint/Banter Thread

[andrewsutherland2002]

Originally Posted by vstrommark

I'm a bit confused by the "true peak of education" comment. While I do not have a PhD, I have taught grad school (comp sci) and sat on PhD committees. A PhD is a starting point, not an end point.

I'd put my meager knowledge of my area against about any new PhDs any day of the week. Education is life-long, not degree based.

I stand corrected.
Well said.

[stfoley]

I feel for the OP....The cost of just one year of my college was 24,000....I needed over 20,000 in grants and scholarships and still had to take out a stafford loan to do it.

I gave up after that year and just went directly into the electronics field (I had enough prior knowledge to get my foot in the door, thankfully).

College isn't near as bad as high school anymore. graduated in 98, and there were people in my class that graduated that couldn't even read. I'm not joking....reading comprehension well below that of a second grader. The teachers just gave up on him and kept curving him to get him out of their hair.

Then there's the politics behind the no child left behind act...which I won't go into. The sentiment was right, but the execution of it was just terrible. It needs to be repealed until it can be re-introduced in a form that's far less defective than the current one.

When I have a child, that child is going to private school...it will cost buku bucks, but it will be well worth it for the better standard of education.

[uncballzer]

Bump for the new semester; anyone have anything good? My school just got a new president, so it's finally shaking things up after too many years of going downhill.

[King James]

Mine too...however the last one was good and this new one not so much..... thinking about transferring.

[Jazzmunkee]

I worked my ass off to get two scholarships. In the end I was VERY lucky to graduate without any debt. But know I'm married and I'm paying off my wife's $25K school loans. Them's the breaks I guess... What makes it even funnier is that she's not even working right now because she's staying home with the kid. (which I'm glad about) Just funny to think about.