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education myths - ham - 03-17-2009
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/maloney8.html
Quote: Yet, if you insist on becoming a college man anyway, citing the salary discrepancies between the have degrees and the have not degrees, my advice to the young men who wrote to me, those holed up in college libraries clutching Mises and Rothbard to their furrowed brow, is to take stock of where you are and what college is really about. Think about what position you are in.
A recent blog post by Lew Rockwell sums up that position perfectly – "as I walked on a university campus this morning…the girl-boy ratio was overwhelmingly girl." Haven't you watched Animal House? What in God's name are you doing in the library? Who the hell goes to college to learn anything? Understood properly, America’s college system is not a haven of learning; it is a four-year party with the background noise provided by tenured hacks giving their interpretations of foolish utopian schemes culled from other long-dead hacks.
In college happy hour is every hour, so remember to ignore your professors and let your dog off the leash; it’s hunting season. You are there to network, drink, smoke, and build up the fond, blurry memories that will allow you in later years to watch a porn movie and reminisce about when you used to get up to such wondrous madness. Stop wasting valuable college time reading Mises and Hayek – they’ll be plenty of time for that later – and cease frittering away a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
I suppose the bit about living the porn star dream while attending B&M universities is on par with the bit about income.
Yes, there are studies published that -often in very a-specific terms- foresee an income of n thousands per year for graduates in the A, B or C field (subject to periodical change )...much like that cute new ad from a multi-millionaire media campaign of the new grow-me-hair, trim-my-waist or virility fix tonic, Barney lost 30kg in seven days and Beulah 28 eating all they wanted while sitting on the couch, but watch out for small print:"your results may vary".
If a study claims that your demographic group in your geographic area "typically" dines out once a week, it might just be you dined out three times last year and someone else dined out everyday.
My B&M days were the farthest thing from the dream of a porn star and I am not rolling high by any remote stretch of the term. The people I knew over the decades who (at least apparently) roll high or anyways (apparently) live very comfortably are those who inherited either wealth or business from their elders...only one guy is the exception.
RE: education myths - Gabe - 03-20-2009
Having a driver's license doesn't necessarily mean someone is a good driver nor does having a degree from one of the Ivies guarantee success. Individuals seem to forget about the human elment of landing a good career. What I mean is that degree from Harvard won't mean much if you're socially inept and can't act proplerly during an interview.
So, the problem I have is the illusion that simply having a degree is an open door to success. This is evident simply by searching for reviews about various colleges from Studentsreview.com, Guidetoonlineschools.com, and all the other various places reviews come up. More often than not you'll find that a student who has a bad experience points the finger directly at the school: "financial aid sucked", blah, blah. I'm not saying some of these claims are not legitimate, I did the same thing as an 18 year old in community college student, but having worked as an admissions rep. for a career college I can tell you the blame will overwhelmingly be placed on the institution.
The bottom line: personable responsibility and accountability are usually non-existent.
RE: education myths - ham - 03-20-2009
Quote:The bottom line: personable responsibility and accountability are usually non-existent.
My point is that some think "the world is my oyster", so they can just go out and eat it...my point is that -perhaps- there are fewer oysters than mainstream press wants people to believe. More jobs as graveyard shift fry cook than financial or managing executive (a whole bunch of incompetent buffoons anyways, given the results ).
Quote:What I mean is that degree from Harvard won't mean much if you're socially inept and can't act proplerly during an interview.
You know, it's like those wonderful ads for fast cash, fast credit or fast weight loss...they may not be completely fraudulent, but there IS a catch, or 2 or 3...for example a leading lending agency advertises cash loans for everybody at a 5% interest rate...sure...small print points out that you must meet a series of requirements, among which being employed by the State...otherwise it's 21% interest rate.