Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
It cost me more than that to go to community college for a year for a specific certification class not even a full load. That was twelve years ago and was considered a steal as far as education per dollar.
School is such a huge ripoff. Granted, it's a great filtering method for companies selecting bright individuals, but I'm a little bitter that the Universities force most students to spend 2 of their standard 4 years learning material that is brutally irrelevent to industry or even their declared major. That's $50k straight into the school's pocket for nothing. Wait, not for nothing... one of my professors actually told us the purpose of his class and others was to beat the creativity and critical thinking skills out of us. Awesome.

And what about those who really want to be in the medical field? First you have to do 4 whole years of undergraduate studies, and then spend ANOTHER 2 years of a 4-year graduate program going over the same, irrelevent material, most of which does not have the slightest relevence to actual work experience. Just think how much more specialized our experts could be if Universities didn't waste so much of our time/money.

I consider myself vented for the night lol.