Opening day of class

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    brianlux wrote:
    Bravo to all you teachers! I remember what's it's like doing that all-too-often thankless work. I can tell we have some good ones here. Thanks!!

    And if that's pom pomming- :lol: -- well, I'm happy to do it!
    Pom-pom away, brotha :mrgreen:

    I will say, too, that teachers aren't necessarily found only in schools.

    I'm grateful for the ones I've had - still have - both inside and beyond those structures.

    All precious pages, to me.
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    ain't into no book lurnin.

    The good book tells me all I need to know.
  • RW81233
    RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    first day of class?

    have fun indoctrinating them kids you lefty, liberal elitist, marxist, socialist...



    ;)
    I really wish the Bill O's of the world would sit in on my class because you are literally allowed to have any opinion as long as you can back it up with compelling evidence. I've had some of my best papers written by really really conservative students, and even now I have a HUGE PSU fan sitting in on class last semester (by requirement) and this (by choice) because he loves arguing with me. If indoctrinating my students into critical self-reflection is what you charge me with then "guilty as charged". hehe
  • usamamasan1
    usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    You go to college to get a job.

    Can't afford it and don't think it's a good investment, get a different job.

    Find you can't do either, look at the faded Obama stickers on the Prius driving by your bus stop and say "well I'll be damned, I really am a Republican".

    Like waking up from a bad dream and realizing you have a choice.
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    Are you in the giant ford truck with mccain palin stickers?



    whining about gas prices......
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    Regarding the need to change the system, I would also add that I think the requirement (at least for scholarship recipients) to go directly to college from high school with no time off is problematic. We should give people a chance to actually think about what they want to do with their lives (and maybe also a chance to experience the world). It would also really help if we taught kids more about real jobs. It's so hard to know what all the options are and, even if you know, i think most people don't really understand what daily life is like in various jobs. (Of course, maybe we don't want kids to know what work is really like - don't want to crush their dreams too soon.)
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Jason P wrote:
    I wish I could have partied for four years. College was the most stressful four years of my life. :|

    No doubt. I worked 30-40 hours per week along with a full load of classes and basically living in some very poor accommodations.

    If I had it to do over - combined with the cost of tuition which has far, far, far outpaced inflation and the cost of living - I wouldn't go to college. I also wouldn't encourage anyone to go now, either.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,959
    hedonist wrote:
    whygohome wrote:
    On another note (since I was talking about the Joneses): We have to remove the social stigma (for lack of a better phrase) related to comm. colleges and trade schools, or even to "only" having a high school degree. Not everyone is cut out for college, and not everyone needs to go to college. According to my girlfriend, in Germany there is no false hierarchy with respect to college degrees. In other words, people re all on the same level, and a blue collar worker at an Audi pant is on the same level as an attorney in many respects (Obviously, not with respect to income, but they do receive the same medical care; unless the attorney opts for the private market).
    Bravo to this! I only did a semester of community college and decided it made more sense to pursue the work avenue. It was the right choice for me. My guy did the same, incidentally.

    I feel no less intelligent and no less successful - not just financially either - than anyone who did pursue a degree.

    And I absolutely support trade/vocational schools. Those can provide the skills, if one is so inclined, that can be relied upon not only to help yourself, but others too, not to mention decent and fairly-consistent income.

    (also a big fan of learning as you go, provided you're willing to get down and dirty in the process!)

    This is true. Life isn;t one size fits all. And those schools or other on-the-job training can provide some critical skills to people that can use them to better their loves and the lives of those around them.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    know1 wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    I wish I could have partied for four years. College was the most stressful four years of my life. :|

    No doubt. I worked 30-40 hours per week along with a full load of classes and basically living in some very poor accommodations.

    If I had it to do over - combined with the cost of tuition which has far, far, far outpaced inflation and the cost of living - I wouldn't go to college. I also wouldn't encourage anyone to go now, either.

    I had to take a > full time load to keep my scholarship & work 2-3 jobs at a time to pay my bills - and I yet I still managed to party the whole time! Ah... I miss undergrad. :P

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