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College Is So Not Worth It

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Cortez
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Dec 24 2009 12:26AM
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Cortez
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original post : http://www.theluxuryspot.com/2009/12/19/was-college-really-worth-it/
Dec 24 2009 12:26AM
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Dustin.
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Pretty stupid if you ask me.
Dec 24 2009 12:33AM
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Freeheel4real
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going to college or posting that college is not worth it?
Dec 24 2009 12:43AM
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MN_Nice
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Wheres the counter example to this? Why not show the outcomes of people who didn't go to college? This is biased.
Dec 24 2009 12:43AM
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prontocuts.com
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any bullshit degree isnt worth it IMO. But any science/math/engineering degree is for sure worth its weight in gold
Dec 24 2009 12:49AM
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wintersway
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but hes gay and rapping about having girls naked... whats he going to do with them then? play dress up?
Dec 24 2009 12:49AM
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speedy29
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winemaking actually pays pretty well
Dec 24 2009 12:57AM
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prontocuts.com
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and that picture is ridiculous, it just takes all these crazy generalizations and doesnt compare them to anything
Dec 24 2009 1:01AM
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AElot
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yeah lets see the other side....people who don't go to college and are just lifetime fuck ups. Like the only people i know who dont go to school are drug users with zero ambitions and will spend the rest of their lives working 15,000 dollar/year job at the local supermarket bagging groceries for me.
Dec 24 2009 1:02AM
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fujarome
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it becomes worth it when you realize most jobs require some form of college now.

and that a college grad makes much more than most who didn't attend college.dd
Dec 24 2009 1:03AM
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frosted_flakes
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thats what i was thinking, it doesn't really compare it to anything
its just random facts that could possibly be false either way
Dec 24 2009 1:08AM
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.AR6rider.
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To anyone who really believes that college isn't worth it:

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Dec 24 2009 1:08AM
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BrewskiJr
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You really must be fucking stupid. This is what I got out of that useless poster you just put up: "Here! Why go to college when you can use all that money and buy a ferrari! Cause after all what will really make you more happy? A FERRARI or a degree?"

Yeah. A college degree is pretty much mandatory in order to get any decent-paying job. Getting a degree is pretty much the best thing you can do in an economy like todays.
Dec 24 2009 1:09AM
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Cortez
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it's not my personal opinion im just posting the article here
Dec 24 2009 1:11AM
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MN_Nice
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Nice cover up.
Dec 24 2009 1:12AM
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Cortez
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sure
Dec 24 2009 1:13AM
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^nate^
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that was completely worthless, as said repeatedly.. i dunno why i'm even posting..

i just hope people realize that wherever you go to college, community, state, or ivy league, it's completely up to you, the student, to make the education worth it.
Dec 24 2009 1:18AM
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ski_ENDUB
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I thought it was pretty funny, I like the stats about 57% take 6 years to graduate.
Dec 24 2009 3:21AM
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ScuffDUFF
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thats why im about to graduate from a trade school.  24K for two years.  and starting out i will make between 60 and 80 thousand a year.  Gotta love Instrumentation.
Dec 24 2009 3:31AM
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xxMdahlxx
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I majored in canadian studies
Dec 24 2009 3:41AM
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SMH[-__-]
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if you realize how much you're spending and get your shit done, is is so worth it.
Dec 24 2009 3:50AM
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[BRI]noceros
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bingo
Dec 24 2009 10:13AM
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Commonwealth
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x2

I'm not paying for a fucking GPA. I'm paying for the experience, and learning how to network myself.
Dec 24 2009 10:16AM
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Zump.
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college is worth it if you can minimize your debt and not be so stupid with your money/choice of school
Dec 24 2009 10:24AM
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Norred
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Despite unemployment being what is is in the US, there are roughly 2.5 million job openings.  My company is hiring, but these aren't positions that get filled by people without a college education.  College is worth it.
Dec 24 2009 12:23PM
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yojimbo
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doesn't matter what school you choose. college isn't worth it in most cases unless you know theres a future in the feild you choose and its not impossible to get a job in that said future. also, if you minimize your loans, go to a state school shit like that. I personally think the most worth it education is technical school. motherfuckers are gonna need plumbers, electricians, automechanics, carpenters etc for a long fucking time, so you'll always have work no matter where you go. I personally however want to become a marine systems engineer, basically just installing electronics, plumbing, engines, etc on boats. there would be work anywhere near major lakes and coastlines.
Dec 24 2009 12:30PM
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Palardy
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Mmmm,

Gotta love Quebec where all university tuition is frozen at 1800$ a semester, at every university in the province. Including the big name ones like McGill.

It's actually possible to work your way through university here and not graduate with outrageous amounts of debt!
Dec 24 2009 12:38PM
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Colbs
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o scholarshipsss, how i love thee. going to a prestigious school for 4k a year is greatt
Dec 24 2009 12:42PM
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brandon_
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what do you learn, eh ?

Dec 24 2009 12:44PM
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Norred
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I'd agree with you in some cases, such as what you stated, but for example someone in the accounting/finance industry will not get very high up the ladder without a college degree.
Dec 24 2009 1:14PM
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psychkub
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I like you're empiricism....
Dec 24 2009 1:25PM
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Xave
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True. And it also helps when you get on scholarships (kinda easy).

Plus the drinking age is lower. McGill is awesome
Dec 24 2009 2:40PM
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VT_FLO
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lol at you're liberal arts degrees

science and medicine is where the gold's at
Dec 24 2009 2:44PM
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d@ringharry
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you learned how to play hockey, eh?
Dec 24 2009 3:07PM
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wesley.
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that once school thats the most expensive is in the same town as a kid i know who has a house in aspen that he goes to once a year and keeps an escalade there, and he has a bugatti
Dec 24 2009 3:10PM
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squibble
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not everyone who gets a degree in sciences works in that particular field. my sister got a degree in political science, which i always thought was a joke, but it got her a job at BMO (big bank in canada) and shes doing very well. she got her csa for trading (or watever it is) after, it was paid for by her company which was cool.

so the two main reasons she got the job: she had a degree. and she had connections. its all about connections
Dec 24 2009 3:41PM
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*Get_ill*
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According to Sam Adams

Dec 24 2009 4:41PM
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NW_Rider
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Jesus, banned again? what number are you on now?
Dec 24 2009 4:43PM
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d@ringharry
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that doesnt matter anymore
Dec 24 2009 4:49PM
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XtRemE11
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fuck that song, it makes me want to never go to college, it just looks like a tool fest.  getting wasted waking up with a hangover at 1 in the afternoon doing absoultely nothing fun then doing the same thing all the fucking time for 4 years seems really fun. oh wait....
Dec 24 2009 5:46PM
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LadySaGa
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haha i took a canadian studies class, at plattsburgh actually, and dropped it after the first week. props to you for majoring in it...i couldnt bare it
Dec 24 2009 5:51PM
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prontocuts.com
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Plenty as in <10?
Petro engineering majors make $90,000 out of school, compare that to what, $25,000 out of high school?
Dec 24 2009 5:57PM
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Alkyy
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haha same here except i stuck it out.  By far the biggest joke of a class i have ever taken
Dec 24 2009 6:08PM
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wintersway
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what this article is really saying, is that you might as well go to a state university instead of an ivy league school. the debt from the ivy league school takes a long time to overcome even with the extra money you earn by getting a better paying job. if you go to a cheaper school, you make a little less, but youre in less debt. therefore, youre out of debt sooner but make less in the long run.

college is worth it. ivy league schools arent.
...unless of course you have a rich family or good scholarships... like everyone at ivy league schools.
Dec 24 2009 6:13PM
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speedy29
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The only problem is that alot of people look down on blue collar jobs like this
Dec 24 2009 6:13PM
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speedy29
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3/4 tuition scholarship being a RA for free room and board and using textbooks on reserve from the library is awesome im so glad that I'll leave school with virtually no debt and the little I have is subsidized from the gov.

These are the easiest 4 years of my life
Dec 24 2009 6:17PM
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shibby
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Hah! You're stupid. I feel sorry for you idiots who think going to college is the only way to be happy in life.
Jan 19 2010 2:15AM
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Static
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haha
Jan 19 2010 2:23AM
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Dobies.
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what about plumbers, electricians, construction and landscaping workers etc. most of which are making more that teachers... without paying for college and enrolling in programs line boces in highschool
Jan 19 2010 2:32AM
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