Granted, I only got a two year degree.. but still.. I feel like I learned nothing. Which makes me afraid to go back and waste more money!
I hate that I feel like college taught me nothing
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Posts: 4010 (07/05/2009 10:28 AM) |
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Posts: 31018 (07/05/2009 10:30 AM) |
i got a 4yr degree and felt like that. however, i still want to go back for 2nd degree. i think i just need a different focus.
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Posts: 2475 (07/05/2009 10:35 AM) |
I dont feel like that at all, I think what I have studied in college so far has opened up my mind so much.. and I feel so well-rounded... maybe it's cause
of my field of study
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Posts: 4011 (07/05/2009 10:38 AM) |
I majored in web design.. maybe I just feel like I learn more doing my own projects. I just see some websites that I WISH I could design and I feel so stuck.
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Posts: 31019 (07/05/2009 10:44 AM) |
fanfromohio wrote: everything i learned how to do in my field (broadcasting/radio) i learned on the job. |
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Posts: 4012 (07/05/2009 10:45 AM) |
That's strange that you said that.. only because I was thinking of going back to school to major in broadcasting/radio. Maybe not necessarily get a
four-year in it but we have our Ohio Broadcasting school (beonair.com).. I was considering it.. but who knows! Any advice?
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Posts: 31021 (07/05/2009 10:48 AM) |
fanfromohio wrote:while i love broadcasting, i don't think it's a great field to be in right now w/ a lot of radio companies downsizing majorly. i was an on-air personality here for 6 yrs and recently lost my airshift b/c clearchannel decided to dump local talent on a lot of its stations (nationwide) and provide talent and music via satellite. i know the same is happening to an extent w/ the other companies here, too. radio just isn't what it used to be.
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Posts: 4013 (07/05/2009 10:49 AM) |
That was one thing that made me nervous. I know they axed two of our stations here.
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Posts: 199 (07/05/2009 10:54 AM) |
Almost all web design/development programs are crap. It's one of those things that you're best off teaching yourself.
When I left one of my previous development jobs in college, they decided to have me interview my replacement who was to be an intern. One of the women I interviewed was probably in her 50's and had spent 10's of thousands of dollars on a web design/development program at a very respectable college. Sadly, I could tell that she learned nothing relevant in the program. I felt so bad for her.
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Posts: 26650 (07/05/2009 11:01 AM) JJB Fashionista '09
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franknbeans82 wrote: Yeah, everything I learned about my field (Biochemistry/Biotech industry), I learned through my research positions. My classes were basically a waste of time.  I don't recall using anything I've learned other than cell
culture technique from my classes.
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Posts: 21244 (07/05/2009 11:04 AM) |
college is a joke
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marnie jt |
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Posts: 68 (07/05/2009 11:15 AM) |
I feel like I've learnt loads from the course I just finished this year, because it was practical and based around project work, but I definately felt like
I learnt nothing at the end od my degree, because it was all essays and mainly written assignments and exams, and too much emphasis was placed on theoretical
nonsence including Freud. I studied media.
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itsmejustin |
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Posts: 20971 (07/05/2009 11:32 AM) |
College is a brilliant business. You "need" it but it's pointless. You learn it all on the job and even if you switch jobs within the same field
you still have to relearn their way of doing things.
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nicksdolphin |
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Posts: 20324 (07/05/2009 2:20 PM) |
I feel like I didn't start learning anything valuable until grad school. That sounds bad, but it's true.
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brokebacklance |
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Posts: 4280 (07/05/2009 2:23 PM) |
I feel the same way. I feel like I wasted money on my first degree.
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Alex the Goob |
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Posts: 50650 (07/05/2009 2:24 PM) |
As important as a formal education is...there's a LOT to be said for experience and on the job training.
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Posts: 15089 (07/05/2009 2:26 PM) |
I feel the same way. I got my bachelor's, and really, I feel as though I learned nothing at college. I learned WAY more in the ten weeks I spent at the
police academy, than I didn't 4.5 years at the university.
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Posts: 3255 (07/05/2009 2:27 PM) |
I love going to classes in college. I'm an English major so I'm not exactly learning practical things... but my critical thinking skills, writing,
public speaking, and even organization have improved immensely. I just feel like a more intelligent person than before I started.
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Posts: 2150 (07/05/2009 2:30 PM) |
I didn't learn anything in college and I can't get a job so it was a complete waste of money. I should have joined the Marines
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Posts: 8983 (07/05/2009 2:33 PM) |
I don't feel like I learned anything in college either
 like I study and do all my work but as soon as summer or winter break starts I don't
remember shit
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Posts: 1941 (07/05/2009 2:41 PM) |
cnicole1130 wrote: Yeah, I don't really remember too much... =\ |
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