good thing we are not in charge of sun coming up every day
I work at a big company. Our HR department has a standing policy - they only consider a candidate's college education if they have been working for less that ten years. If they have been working ten years or more, they only care about their past job performance. Period. Too many colleges are getting rich by taking college loan money and telling kids that they will not amount to anything without a degree. Myself and dozens of my colleagues are living proof that they are wrong. The only thing that matters is success in real life. I work with some people who barely graduated from high school. But they are our top sellers, or our best engineers, etc. No one asks about their college transcripts. If they are producing, that's all that matters. Did Don Draper in Mad Men go to college?! Hell no. But he was the most creative ad man on Madison Avenue. And the same applies today.
I work at a big company. Our HR department has a standing policy - they only consider a candidate's college education if they have been working for less that ten years. If they have been working ten years or more, they only care about their past job performance. Period. Too many colleges are getting rich by taking college loan money and telling kids that they will not amount to anything without a degree. Myself and dozens of my colleagues are living proof that they are wrong. The only thing that matters is success in real life. I work with some people who barely graduated from high school. But they are our top sellers, or our best engineers, etc. No one asks about their college transcripts. If they are producing, that's all that matters. Did Don Draper in Mad Men go to college?! Hell no. But he was the most creative ad man on Madison Avenue. And the same applies today.
How can anyone argue with that? :)
I don't see any crime. Nobody is forcing these kids, most of whom spend their first 3 semesters in "catch-up" courses, to take out these loans.
Most people are not suited for college. They just aren't smart enough. However, somehow they get admitted.
There USED to be real standards, now all you need is a GED and a loan.
Most of these kids would be better off taking remedial course at the local CC and getting a job. Well, unless they want to be a teacher. A teaching degree is little more than a HS diploma.
You are absolutely correct!
Our nation is barely a shell of what it used to be in the arena of technical expertise. The reason??? The answer is that our colleges are turning out just about every useless “pencil pushing”,”heavy thinking”, and “loud talking” degrees that can be imagined while the technical disciplines are neglected.
We have educated ourselves into a nation of ants and aphids...and we are the aphids serving sugar to our masters...the ants.
Is this a joke?