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<blockquote data-quote="CoolShi7Designer" data-source="post: 3627846" data-attributes="member: 48420"><p>My $0.02</p><p>I have a Mechanical Engineering degree. There is a lot about going to college that IS valuable. Time management on multiple, disparate topics, learning to find your own resources (people, knowledge, stuff) to get a project done, Calculus and physics (rarely numerically, daily for conceptual and theoretical), *How to read a scientific research paper and how statistics work and are manipulated* (these 2 skills have kept me from being "baffled-by-bullspit" more than any others).</p><p>I will say the University system sucks ass and is almost completely taught by adjunct professors and Grad-student TAs. Seeing a live in-person professor is basically as rare as actually seeing your doctor vs the dozens of RN's.</p><p>If i hadn't picked a legit useful degree that's let me get good jobs, i can't imagine carrying the debt working at starbucks (who, as of 2016, was the largest employer of people with psychology and sociology degrees in the country. They make interesting baristas apparently...)</p><p>If I could have done all 4 years at a community college, I would have. Way cheaper, direct access to the teachers, and lots of working class adults getting certs for stuff like welding, SAE, machining etc. WAY more normal people in general.</p><p>Context: I went to Portland State University. it was like walking through a ripleys believe it or not everyday. friggin commies, dudes in bikinis, unicycles, therapy iguanas, vegans, everything is about "awareness" of some ridiculous cause, getting rid of Cis-gendered white men and homosexualizing the whole earth. it was bonkers. Thank god for the guys on their G.I. bill. those guys are how i got into guns and planes and other military stuff and they kept me sane.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoolShi7Designer, post: 3627846, member: 48420"] My $0.02 I have a Mechanical Engineering degree. There is a lot about going to college that IS valuable. Time management on multiple, disparate topics, learning to find your own resources (people, knowledge, stuff) to get a project done, Calculus and physics (rarely numerically, daily for conceptual and theoretical), *How to read a scientific research paper and how statistics work and are manipulated* (these 2 skills have kept me from being "baffled-by-bullspit" more than any others). I will say the University system sucks ass and is almost completely taught by adjunct professors and Grad-student TAs. Seeing a live in-person professor is basically as rare as actually seeing your doctor vs the dozens of RN's. If i hadn't picked a legit useful degree that's let me get good jobs, i can't imagine carrying the debt working at starbucks (who, as of 2016, was the largest employer of people with psychology and sociology degrees in the country. They make interesting baristas apparently...) If I could have done all 4 years at a community college, I would have. Way cheaper, direct access to the teachers, and lots of working class adults getting certs for stuff like welding, SAE, machining etc. WAY more normal people in general. Context: I went to Portland State University. it was like walking through a ripleys believe it or not everyday. friggin commies, dudes in bikinis, unicycles, therapy iguanas, vegans, everything is about "awareness" of some ridiculous cause, getting rid of Cis-gendered white men and homosexualizing the whole earth. it was bonkers. Thank god for the guys on their G.I. bill. those guys are how i got into guns and planes and other military stuff and they kept me sane. [/QUOTE]
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