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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 1631415" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>If they are good enough quality, you can. But most people aren't capable of that kind of output.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>The more that state funding to the colleges gets cut, the more they raise their tuition. SWOSU's running $24-$27K for a bachelor's degree right now, excl. books (if you buy them, I knew a lot of people that shared) and fees. When I went to college in 2003 and 2004, it would have cost around $10K in tuition. The only reason that I sat through my Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 classes is that I wanted out of high school early. Fall 2003 was a 2 week Government class to get my high school government credit, and Spring 2004 was Algebra so I could get that last math credit.</p><p></p><p>I could easily get a degree if they'd let me test out of ALL (or at least a large majority) of the courses. The reason I quit school is because it was a waste of time for me to sit there for an entire semester and listen to an explanation of stuff that I could learn on my own in a day or two.</p><p></p><p>Organized learning has never worked for me. Just ask my teachers about me doing just enough in high school to get a "B" average so I didn't look naked at graduation. There are more important things about educating a person than their born-on date.</p><p></p><p>Do some people need a college education? Yes. Does college educate everyone who receives a degree? No. I've met some people in my field that have Masters degrees in Computer Science (or something related), yet have trouble comprehending basic concepts that would have been needed to make it through their first semester C.S. course. I've worked with people straight out of college that were 3-5 years behind on current technology trends because the curriculum just can't keep up. On top of that, you can usually filter the college/non-college people in my field based on their critical thinking skills: the ones who went to college generally believe that there is only one right way to do something (usually in an elegant manner), while the ones who didn't look for the simplest approach to solving the problem and only make the solution more complex as absolutely necessary.</p><p></p><p>But still, it's every individual's choice whether or not they want to go to college. Even so, most of the people that I know personally who earn consistent 6-figure incomes did not get a college degree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 1631415, member: 5151"] If they are good enough quality, you can. But most people aren't capable of that kind of output. The more that state funding to the colleges gets cut, the more they raise their tuition. SWOSU's running $24-$27K for a bachelor's degree right now, excl. books (if you buy them, I knew a lot of people that shared) and fees. When I went to college in 2003 and 2004, it would have cost around $10K in tuition. The only reason that I sat through my Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 classes is that I wanted out of high school early. Fall 2003 was a 2 week Government class to get my high school government credit, and Spring 2004 was Algebra so I could get that last math credit. I could easily get a degree if they'd let me test out of ALL (or at least a large majority) of the courses. The reason I quit school is because it was a waste of time for me to sit there for an entire semester and listen to an explanation of stuff that I could learn on my own in a day or two. Organized learning has never worked for me. Just ask my teachers about me doing just enough in high school to get a "B" average so I didn't look naked at graduation. There are more important things about educating a person than their born-on date. Do some people need a college education? Yes. Does college educate everyone who receives a degree? No. I've met some people in my field that have Masters degrees in Computer Science (or something related), yet have trouble comprehending basic concepts that would have been needed to make it through their first semester C.S. course. I've worked with people straight out of college that were 3-5 years behind on current technology trends because the curriculum just can't keep up. On top of that, you can usually filter the college/non-college people in my field based on their critical thinking skills: the ones who went to college generally believe that there is only one right way to do something (usually in an elegant manner), while the ones who didn't look for the simplest approach to solving the problem and only make the solution more complex as absolutely necessary. But still, it's every individual's choice whether or not they want to go to college. Even so, most of the people that I know personally who earn consistent 6-figure incomes did not get a college degree. [/QUOTE]
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