community college isn't just for underachievers

sponger

Student leaders at a community college voted to drop the Pledge of Allegiance after a tense meeting in which one flag-waving pledge supporter berated them as anti-American radicals

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/10/no.pledge.ap/index.html

soulsinging

my level of respect for community colleges wavers. i worked at one and some people really seemed to get a lot out of it. however, ill introduce as evidence the thing that annoyed me most about that place and why i worry about the quality of such an education:

the student-run workout facility had several bikes that you had to just start using to turn on the mile and pace trackers. the instructions on these bikes said "to operate, start peddling."

if you dont get why that annoyed me and made me scoff... you probly went to community college.

keeponrockin

Hmm, interesting. Good for them.

know1

I'm a big fan of community colleges. Let's face it, very few employers really care where your degree came from, and there are plenty out there that will provide you with one.

soulsinging

know1 wrote:

I'm a big fan of community colleges. Let's face it, very few employers really care where your degree came from, and there are plenty out there that will provide you with one.

ive found students actually often do better going to community college. you learn more technical and practical knowledge and employers like that. i got a liberal arts ba... and nobody gives a shit.

it's also a good spring board/prep for college.

but i still think whoever made that "start peddling" sign shoulda been kicked out.

jlew24asu

I always thought it was a good way for poeple to save money and get some credits out of the way beofre going to a 4 year university.

but isnt this about the pledge controversy? I didnt even know that was said in CC.

sponger

know1 wrote:

. Let's face it, very few employers really care where your degree came from

I wish that were true. From my experiences, it is not true.

know1

sponger wrote:

I wish that were true. From my experiences, it is not true.

What field are you in? Does it have something to do with education, because other colleges seem to be the only ones who give a darn.

sponger

know1 wrote:

What field are you in? Does it have something to do with education, because other colleges seem to be the only ones who give a darn.

I was in the field of accounting. Actually, that was governmental accounting. Now I'm kind of in a limbo in some kind of weird financial analyst type of slot. It's not what I want to be doing, but ah well.

There is a lot of school discrimination in the accounting industry. While I was in college, I went to a few "open houses" at some of the larger firms in the area. They hire exclusively from certain schools and that's it. When I arrived at the open house, I was given a badge that had the name of my school on it. Every event was comprised of students from the same schools. When I walked by the manager's offices, I noticed that the diplomas originated from those same schools.

Of course, I'm not saying it's impossible to get a degree from like University of Phoenix or National University and still be able to find gainful employment in that industry. But, it is without a doubt a whole lot harder.

chromiam

sponger wrote:

I was in the field of accounting. Actually, that was governmental accounting. Now I'm kind of in a limbo in some kind of weird financial analyst type of slot. It's not what I want to be doing, but ah well.

There is a lot of school discrimination in the accounting industry. While I was in college, I went to a few "open houses" at some of the larger firms in the area. They hire exclusively from certain schools and that's it. When I arrived at the open house, I was given a badge that had the name of my school on it. Every event was comprised of students from the same schools. When I walked by the manager's offices, I noticed that the diplomas originated from those same schools.

Of course, I'm not saying it's impossible to get a degree from like University of Phoenix or National University and still be able to find gainful employment in that industry. But, it is without a doubt a whole lot harder.

That may be true but as someone said you can go to a CC for 2 years then transfer to basically any university. I know a few people who went to CC in Philly and then transferred to Penn to get their degree. And their diploma says University of Pennsylvania so no one knows whether they went for 2 or 4 years. Plus they saved at least $60,000 by going to CC for 2 year.