Why Is College Hella Wasteful?

Cheeks: do you think everyone should get a chance to play in the NFL? If you can't compete at that level why would you expect to get to? You can still play football. There just isn't enough room for everyone.

Would it be nice for all avenues of education to be open to everyone if we could somehow accommodate all of those people? Yes. But that is a completely surreal expectation. Even in France where education is relatively free there is top seeded students who get the attention. Genius intellect with hard work ethic is a limited resource. Mankind is better off fostering those minds with top care. I am fine with not being a genius because I live in a country where I can open doors to me if I work hard.

I think Cheeks is just being contrary Mary for the sake of having a discussion.

To me I think he genuinely doesn't grasp the concept. (apropos given the subject of some people being unable to think on a higher level). I also think he's a bit lazy himself. He mentioned his teacher penalizing him for leaving shit out on his workbench while building a project. The teacher obviously told everyone to put shit away yet he didn't. Forgetting is only an excuse once. And in a shop scenario keeping things clean is taught for job site safety and efficiency. From autoworkers to chefs. They're all taught to keep a lid on the mess.

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Originally Posted by Josh

I know the address of the Korean joint that is open until 4am. Can't learn that shit in college, faggots.

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I'm sure that was in one of the Asian American Studies textbook.

I never took Asian American Studies.

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Originally Posted by Drewbacca

From autoworkers to chefs. They're all taught to keep a lid on the mess.

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I can't fucking stand a dirty line. In the middle of a big bump is one thing, but as soon as there's a break in the action you'd better be wiping shit down.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

But if a dumb person wants to go to college, well fuck, he better have thought about that before he got lazy.

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That's two different things. A "dumb" person who wants to go to college should have every right to. Being lazy has nothing to do with being dumb.

And a lot of the standards for getting into college are pure bullshit. I came to PR and knew no Spanish whatsoever. I scraped through high school (I suck at math, and in Spanish? Forget it) with a 2.38 average. I got into a private college (UPR basically told me I wasn't college material, and that I should look into a vocational school instead), while a ton of my friends got into UPR with their 3.50 GPAs. Four years later, I graduated with a B average while most of my UPR friends had dropped out. I finished my MA with a 3.50 and am now a doctoral candidate.

Hooray for dumb people!

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Originally Posted by Melf

A "dumb" person who wants to go to college should have every right to.

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I could not disagree more. The sooner we separate these people and get them into vocational programs, the sooner our unemployment rate goes down. We don't need any more underwater basket weaving majors.

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Originally Posted by Drewbacca

Cheeks: do you think everyone should get a chance to play in the NFL? If you can't compete at that level why would you expect to get to? You can still play football. There just isn't enough room for everyone.

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I don't consider pursuing higher learning to be on par with "a sport." It is a far more personal thing. It shouldn't be looked as a competition.

:wtf: Everything is a competition. Everything.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

I could not disagree more. The sooner we separate these people and get them into vocational programs, the sooner our unemployment rate goes down. We don't need any more underwater basket weaving majors.

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A lot of people sucking up scarce college resources really should be in vocational school... And there's nothing wrong with that. You can carve out a good life and not have 20 grand in debt while every employer laughs at your horse crap major. But, for some reason, people think their dreams pay the bills and Gpa does not matter.