Brrrrrrr...Socal is cold!!!
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what can i say, it's the end of the world! didn't some nutty surfer doods out in CA walk around chanting the end of the world? we have crazy auto workers chanting that stuff when we hit 70s in the winter!
i kid ofcourse, but the weather's been pretty wacked everywhere as of late. but we still have few years to go before blamining el nino~ again right?
i kid ofcourse, but the weather's been pretty wacked everywhere as of late. but we still have few years to go before blamining el nino~ again right?
Yeah, see, I don't really agree with your opinion. How can anyone learn something that is not needed in the "real world?" Your statement sounds like you're dismissing knowledge and learning. I will admit that it may seem hard to see the connection between philosophy and the "real world," but I can assure it's there. And, I believe, that college DOES NOT help you learn how to perform a job, but rather it teaches one basic skills and problem solving that one then applies to the job. (E.g. time management, stress, how to pool resources, how to do research, how to deal with arrogant superiors [correlation between bosses and college professors], work in a group, assert leadership, how to think outside of the boundaries of contemporary thought [i.e. philosophy]; college teaches one these things, if AND only if one is open to learning and dismissive of the value of education.
These are just my opinions, I don't mean to start anything. I respect your opinion, I just don't agree with it.
Sean
well since the thread's been jacked, i'll chime in.
whatever you learn in college, you use maybe a percent of it in the real world. (unless you are an engineer doing research) your degree and gpa basically says, this person is this good at learning/ exam taking, and had enough responsibility to finish 120 or so credits. oh yea, you use the stuff you learned to BS during your job interview to "sound smart. same goes for a resume too isn't it? polish up that bad boy w/ some BS you remember from a class you took back in frosh year..
sean, you can learn all of what you said in a job, without going to college. then what is the point of going to school? having a degree does help you find better employment, that's for sure, but iirc college was a joke, i should've tried harder to get better grades and maybe i would've landed a better job, who knows. but i got by, and unfortuantely, i got by w/out trying too hard. which may have been my downfall.. ah the cry of my generation: laziness!!
whatever you learn in college, you use maybe a percent of it in the real world. (unless you are an engineer doing research) your degree and gpa basically says, this person is this good at learning/ exam taking, and had enough responsibility to finish 120 or so credits. oh yea, you use the stuff you learned to BS during your job interview to "sound smart. same goes for a resume too isn't it? polish up that bad boy w/ some BS you remember from a class you took back in frosh year..
sean, you can learn all of what you said in a job, without going to college. then what is the point of going to school? having a degree does help you find better employment, that's for sure, but iirc college was a joke, i should've tried harder to get better grades and maybe i would've landed a better job, who knows. but i got by, and unfortuantely, i got by w/out trying too hard. which may have been my downfall.. ah the cry of my generation: laziness!!
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or whatever you guys use now-a days. (did i just date myself?)Not sure what all of you are studying but from my perspective, there is a great deal of value in the case study format. After learning the core requirements, I think that a program emphasizing cases is the best learning experience. Most people hate them because they can be very difficult but they are also highly representative of real-life work.
As an example, there is a case I used that runs about 15 printed pages with 20 charts and graphs that deals with production, activity costing, marketing, sales, corporate responsibility, and a number of other issues. The case is a true nightmare and everyone, instructors included, hate the case. But in reality this is the absolute best learning tool available IMO and it’s too bad these cases are not a bigger part of curriculums at all schools.
When/if you start these you will see the real-world application and value.
As an example, there is a case I used that runs about 15 printed pages with 20 charts and graphs that deals with production, activity costing, marketing, sales, corporate responsibility, and a number of other issues. The case is a true nightmare and everyone, instructors included, hate the case. But in reality this is the absolute best learning tool available IMO and it’s too bad these cases are not a bigger part of curriculums at all schools.
When/if you start these you will see the real-world application and value.
Jae, I got a TI-83 but for that exam the professor said "NO GRAPHING CALCULATORS" and I was like, DAMNIT!
Bryan, I have not experienced any of these cases yet but so far this semester I have not had any business courses (had some last year). I think next semester I have one or two business courses so we'll see what happens.
Bryan, I have not experienced any of these cases yet but so far this semester I have not had any business courses (had some last year). I think next semester I have one or two business courses so we'll see what happens.
Bryan, that's the kind of stuff that I'm also talking about-although I didn't say it. I'm actually a double major in General Business and Philosophy, and I'm also going to take the CPA this coming summer; so most of the upper level business classes I take involve business simulations and case studies, and interactive cases; and my philosophy seminars involve alot of deeper class disscussion into the nature of things as well as the progression of thought.
Average Jae- Generation: laziness...I know what you mean. But I think there is a large underlying issue: Apathy. Most of my friends do not like what they are doing with their lives (i.e. college) therefore they simply don't care; they just do it so that they can get a job and support themselves, and so that their parents don't yell at them; they are not actually having a job that fulfills them as a person, simply means to an end. And because of this epidemic all my friends think I'm pompous because I actually enjoy most aspects of college. Although I do get frustrated and complain about school alot.
I dunno what the hell I'm saying anymore.
"I may be inchorent, but I make alot of sense" Archie Buncher
Sean