Education vs. "Doing Own Thing"

[{X}Echo419]

What the hell? That doesn't make any sense. So because you have ONE class that is big you should get your entire degree online? That's one of the most asinine things I've ever heard.

Comence question dodging! did I say ^that^? maybe you should have payed more attention in your 399 person English class...

I learned early on and that if you went to Michigan you should at least follow the team because you will get asked. "Soft skills" are just as important in life as "hard skills" and being able to carry on a personable conversation about non-work items is important. Oh and since you mentioned it "Oh wow you went to Michigan." - NASA recruiter

I'm definitally going to use that when the misses starts bitching about me watching football. "Baby, I'm preparing myself for an interview."

I could try but the last time I asked for the president at Walmart they laughed at me. Maybe if I mentioned you?

a. me Wal-Mart? not hardly pal . b. think about what you just said....Wal-Mart is the LARGEST RETAILER IN THE WORLD! thus the President of Wal-Mart would be a pretty important guy. if you ever take another econimics class get a seat a more to the front ot the auditorium.

Unless you get financial aide which most students do.

and most students have to pay it back with intrest soooo.... that would make it a little more expensive. Econ 1101

Not really. I don't really care what you do with you life it's your decision, but I know there are plenty of people on this board who are of the age where they need to decide where to go to school. To convince those people that going to Kennesaw State (picked randomly) is as good or even better than GA Tech or UGA is disingenuous at best and down right irresponsible at worst. If you decide to move out of Georgia no one will even have heard of Kennesaw but GA Tech or UGA will still carry weight.

I could careless what others here do. I was just expressing an opinion. one with facts and supporting evidence. you on the otherhand are arguing with, "Michigan is a BIG school, BUNCHES of students, and a Division 1 Football team."

[AWD OWNZ U]

Comence question dodging! did I say ^that^? maybe you should have payed more attention in your 399 person English class...

It was chemistry. To answer you question yes there is a huge difference. And you asserted that you "might as well get your degree online." Which is what I responded to. At least pretend to stand by your ridiculuos assertions.

a. me Wal-Mart? not hardly pal . b. think about what you just said....Wal-Mart is the LARGEST RETAILER IN THE WORLD! thus the President of Wal-Mart would be a pretty important guy. if you ever take another econimics class get a seat a more to the front ot the auditorium.

Well since your "facts" were ask my boss and you failed to tell me where you work, I could only assume. It wasn't a dig on Walmart. So where do you work?

and most students have to pay it back with intrest soooo.... that would make it a little more expensive. Econ 1101

I was refering to grants not loans.

I could careless what others here do. I was just expressing an opinion. one with facts and supporting evidence. you on the otherhand are arguing with, "Michigan is a BIG school, BUNCHES of students, and a Division 1 Football team."

Nothing you have said has come anywhere close to resembling a fact nor evidence.

I'll help you out, this is evidence...
http://www.payscale.com/salary-surve...id-70/fid-6886
A University of Phoenix graduate makes half of what a Harvard grad makes.

All you've done is make baseless accusations about what it's like to attend a large university. I actually went to one so I related my actual experience about what's it's really like. So where did you go to college?

[{X}Echo419]

It was chemistry. To answer you question yes there is a huge difference. And you asserted that you "might as well get your degree online." Which is what I responded to. At least pretend to stand by your ridiculuos assertions.



Well since your "facts" were ask my boss and you failed to tell me where you work, I could only assume. It wasn't a dig on Walmart. So where do you work?



I was refering to grants not loans.



Nothing you have said has come anywhere close to resembling a fact nor evidence.

I'll help you out, this is evidence...
http://www.payscale.com/salary-surve...id-70/fid-6886
A University of Phoenix graduate makes half of what a Harvard grad makes.

All you've done is make baseless accusations about what it's like to attend a large university. I actually went to one so I related my actual experience about what's it's really like. So where did you go to college?

some articles by people that went to "BIG" schools.
http://www.math.uiowa.edu/~jsimon/Wh...geIsRight.html
http://www.positions21.com/Positions...d_Lithman.html
and Slate did an article on this very topic. So have several "BIG" Universities. you went to a BIG school. you should be able to find some.

the University of Phoenix is a "on-line" school that advertises on cable tv. and to think you were getting on to me for comparing KSU to Harvard. that's like compareing a little league team in Ga to the Yankees and say, "See people up north can play baseball better."

Specialty Products and Insulation

I went to UGA.

I make baseless accusations? you just told me that going to football games can get you a job! come on...

[{X}Echo419]

ya know, this is getting old.

I like others here that I've quoted believe school is what you make it. you apparently think the "size" of the school is the key to success.

you have your opinions I have mine. it doesn't look like either 1 of us is going to change it. lets end this disscusion.

[AWD OWNZ U]

http://www.math.uiowa.edu/~jsimon/Wh...geIsRight.html

When advising students on how to select a graduate school, I usually tell people to "go to the best place that will give you money"; in other words, go to the best place that will accept you with the expectation that you will succeed strongly (not minimally). The same advice seems appropriate in selecting a college: go to the most demanding and competitive school in which you're likely to do very well.

http://www.positions21.com/Positions...d_Lithman.html

That's some 23 yr old blogger. Are you serious?

Here you go, here's a paper by a Harvard Professor...
http://www.economics.harvard.edu/fac...pers/whole.pdf

the University of Phoenix is a "on-line" school that advertises on cable tv. and to think you were getting on to me for comparing KSU to Harvard. that's like compareing a little league team in Ga to the Yankees and say, "See people up north can play baseball better."

You were the one who said "you might as well get a degree online." Also I didn't say anything about you comparing KSU to Harvard that was somebody else.

Specialty Products and Insulation

I went to UGA.

So did you have any classes with 900 people in them?

I make baseless accusations? you just told me that going to football games can get you a job! come on...

Now you are putting words in my mouth. I said that one of the things you miss out by going to a small school is big time athletics and that I do get asked about it when people find out I went to Michigan. How you infered it will get you a job out of that is beyond me.

ya know, this is getting old.

I like others here that I've quoted believe school is what you make it. you apparently think the "size" of the school is the key to success.

you have your opinions I have mine. it doesn't look like either 1 of us is going to change it. lets end this disscusion.

I think part of the problem is we are arguing two different things at the same time. Without a doubt in my mind it is worth it to go to a big name school as in prestige not size of the student body. There are many scholarships available for students who can't afford it and you get a better quality of education IMO. Most of those school also happen to be large schools population wise. I think a lot of people are needless put off from these schools because of fears of all the crap you've been saying. A large school might not be for everyone but a lot of the reasons people give are simply not true. I'm not saying that it's best that everyone go to the biggest school population wise but if you have the opportunity to attend a selective/big name school like GA Tech or UGA you should do it IMO.