the school system IMHO is very gay. It was a big factor in me dropping out of college. I feel as though high school teaches you all the basics, and college should be about very specialized education. I know that the educational system is what it is though years of trial and error, but I strongly feel that it can definitely be more efficient. I really feel that it is possible to teach a person more and in less time than the standard 4 year system. The only problem is it would cost more money, mainly in hiring more capable instructors. You'll find very few professors that are smart enough to make much more $, but are there for the love of teaching.

 

Yeah I hate this edu. bullshit too.

on one hand, I could look at it as a reason to complain that the state of Georgia thinks that my not taking a freshman World Literature class is important enough to keep me from graduating with a Mechanical Engineering degree.

On the other hand, I chose to look at it as an opportunity to take an extra semester to get a Minor and a specialization added onto my degree.

That, and I am a firm believer that if I had been taught actual Engineering courses from day one in College instead of this "core curriculum" bullsh*t then I would have already been out with an amazing career.

 

What if the school system was divided into a bunch of specialized courses rather than majors. For example, right after highschool you take a basic course for the type of industry you want to work in. Than you start an entry lever job. Than you take specialized courses as required by your company for you to move up.

 

That's so right. You have to gain knowledge and also jump through hoops too. The first part is important the second part is required. Unfortunatly we have to do both.

 

And pray to whatever forces and deities you will that your job NEVER becomes obsolete and that you never reexamine your life and decide to make a change. Because there you'll be a master widget designer in a world that no longer uses widgets going back to whatever specailized course and entry level (read: lowest pay scale) when you've developed a lifestyle at the highest pay scale.

 

That's kind of what they did back in the middle ages with apprenticeships, etc and apparently it didn't work out really well. That's why we have a formal education system nowdays. As much as I hate it, I still do it, and will probably end up getting at least one masters degree, no doctorate though.

 

You'll hear it all the time but its the truth, a company looks for a well rounded person that can do many tasks well instead of one task great. Even though I do agree, taking stupid english courses when your studying to be an engineer (I'm doing the same thing), overall its for the better as you can say you've done more then just crunch numbers all day.

 

I HATE widgets

 

oops

 

maybe I should've stayed in school, so I could understand what the **** this means.