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Say no to College
9 years ago
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First let me say I am for learning. I think if you stop learning you become stagnate. That being said: DON'T GO TO COLLEGE.
I just saved you possibly a million dollars depending on where you might have gone. You can learn EVERYTHING you need to know online, but meeting people in person can give you their insight into the area but at $1000+ dollars per class you could just pay a professional to meet you for an interview. The College system is a cartel. They give you thick books that you use maybe only a third out of the book, and then update it the next book version 2.1005 so they can require you to buy your new books (for a few extra paragraphs and new pictures) and will only buy your book back that cost you $150 and you get maybe $25 for it. Wait a year and the book is .01 cents on amazon or ebay. So you can get premium old books for like the cost of shipping. Tuition costs are insane but I haven't even gotten to the best part. Let me guess, someone told you that you go to college and you get a good job afterwards right? Lies. You wont get a job, and people who got internships get the jobs. This delusion that you need to go to college so you are sufficiently "educated" is a lie. Do you need to know your stuff inside out? yeah, but college makes you look up a bunch of answers, cram for a test and then forget it next month with a new test. Its not designed to work. All its just a title, and for the price you pay, you could PAY to get a job, or better use it for bills.
Now for those who HAVE to get a job in college, you cant get around it in your field. Like say a brain surgeon, or NASA director or a Teacher, here are my tips.
-Go to college in small bursts you can afford and buy the book several versions old dirt cheap.
-Look for sponsored programs. I found a jobs program at a college and if you cram hard enough and work at it, I got a $11,000 scholarship for like7 classes and a job at the end. Maybe its better than a 6 figure job by not having massive debt you have to pay off later.
-Online classes are also cheaper sometimes (although establishment likes to make fun of it) or even just getting .01 college books and reading can work.
-When you go into an interview, IF you can impress them enough by showing them you KNOW off the top of the head what you are talking about, that's impressive compared to college students who are green, don't remember half of what they learned and nervously make mistakes. The only difference is if you will both have to be retrained but they want the person who takes less.
Why am I doing this? Because I am a victim of this Con and when you are conned, you don't want others to fall for it. I am JUST now beginning to turn things around and just barely at that. People with PHD's pretend like they are important when they research very inbred subjects. Ive met people who have blown my mind and most of them were self taught OR started it themselves. You don't need a degree, you only need to know the information. Don't know if this means anything to anyone, or helps but I'd like it helped at least one person.
I just saved you possibly a million dollars depending on where you might have gone. You can learn EVERYTHING you need to know online, but meeting people in person can give you their insight into the area but at $1000+ dollars per class you could just pay a professional to meet you for an interview. The College system is a cartel. They give you thick books that you use maybe only a third out of the book, and then update it the next book version 2.1005 so they can require you to buy your new books (for a few extra paragraphs and new pictures) and will only buy your book back that cost you $150 and you get maybe $25 for it. Wait a year and the book is .01 cents on amazon or ebay. So you can get premium old books for like the cost of shipping. Tuition costs are insane but I haven't even gotten to the best part. Let me guess, someone told you that you go to college and you get a good job afterwards right? Lies. You wont get a job, and people who got internships get the jobs. This delusion that you need to go to college so you are sufficiently "educated" is a lie. Do you need to know your stuff inside out? yeah, but college makes you look up a bunch of answers, cram for a test and then forget it next month with a new test. Its not designed to work. All its just a title, and for the price you pay, you could PAY to get a job, or better use it for bills.
Now for those who HAVE to get a job in college, you cant get around it in your field. Like say a brain surgeon, or NASA director or a Teacher, here are my tips.
-Go to college in small bursts you can afford and buy the book several versions old dirt cheap.
-Look for sponsored programs. I found a jobs program at a college and if you cram hard enough and work at it, I got a $11,000 scholarship for like7 classes and a job at the end. Maybe its better than a 6 figure job by not having massive debt you have to pay off later.
-Online classes are also cheaper sometimes (although establishment likes to make fun of it) or even just getting .01 college books and reading can work.
-When you go into an interview, IF you can impress them enough by showing them you KNOW off the top of the head what you are talking about, that's impressive compared to college students who are green, don't remember half of what they learned and nervously make mistakes. The only difference is if you will both have to be retrained but they want the person who takes less.
Why am I doing this? Because I am a victim of this Con and when you are conned, you don't want others to fall for it. I am JUST now beginning to turn things around and just barely at that. People with PHD's pretend like they are important when they research very inbred subjects. Ive met people who have blown my mind and most of them were self taught OR started it themselves. You don't need a degree, you only need to know the information. Don't know if this means anything to anyone, or helps but I'd like it helped at least one person.
Literally this same advice; College is predatory, have your own initiative and it will serve you better than any college.
He told me that if I ever brought up him going to college and being in debt for the rest of his life again, he'd block me and refuse to be my friend any more.
He is going for an Art Degree.
"Look at them, eyes open but blind to what is going on around them. They do not see because they do not wish to see." "The fool never thinks himself foolish." and "The foolish know what to do but the enlightened ask for advice."
People like that are determined to do what they are set on. Honestly this may seem harsh, but if they are going to overreact and threaten to block you and refuse to be your friend over you offering some friendly advice, leave them. Friends don't use friendship as an ultimatum.
That's how you control people. Spread a lie and once it becomes "common knowledge" you got them by the balls. Hitler did it, Stalin did it, US even did it (though less malevolently), Advertisers do it, The media does it, the education system does it. Critical doubt, its what everyone needs.
It took a few years after that to get employed in the field(many IT employers want you to have that degree, regardless), but when I did my personal skills and certifications proved their worth. While the market is still tough out there for what I do, I have very steady work and I've learned a ton. Unfortunately, that stint in college cost me a lot of money and it wasn't until recently that I cleared that slate. I do have to laugh at employers who are insisting on a degree to do work I have already been doing for years, but sometimes that's the rub of things, right?