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The Fact That You Graduated College Doesn't Mean That You're Smart.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 28277992:MV8yMDY1MzAwXzM0NzUwMzM4XzI3MUVDQTNB] The reason this trolling attempt worked so well is that both sides of this argument have merit. At 17, I dropped out, started working labeling tapes at a production house, and now at 32, I have the equivalent of a number of degrees in media and am very employed and respected in my field. Note- my field is media (production, editing, animation, design, dedicated systems, networking, etc, etc). In MOST fields, you cannot get away with this and I consider myself extremely lucky that things worked out so well for me. There are still many fields out there which benefit greatly from a college education, and in many ways the act of surviving college itself [i]is[/i] a qualification, much like being in the military. There is also an obvious benefit to the formal education in that certain things are taught in a specific order. When you are entirely self-taught, you often learn things somewhat out-of-sync. So both sides can be accurate and anyone can succeed if they apply themselves hard enough. I'll never knock anyone for going to college, and I'll never knock anyone for choosing not to also. Of course...just my opinion, don't go to college for computer-related work. It's too simple to learn on your own, why rack up that debt for a field that has virtually no positions available? [/quote]
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All you did was memorize and apply information in a totally non-creative way, and computers can do that way better than you can. So completing college only proves that you're almost as intelligent as a really cheap computer. Furthermore, the fact that you paid thousands of dollars to learn information that is freely available on the internet proves that you were duped. Still feel superior to people who decided not to hop through hoops, memorize tons of useless information, and pay thousands of dollars for a piece of paper that only makes slave drivers more likely to put you to work?
Innovation is the true mark of intelligence. Only those who innovate move humanity forward. So instead of memorizing tons of information that you could easily just look up on the internet when needed, innovate. Create new stuff, new ways of thinking, and new ways of doing things. Put your brain to work by flexing its creativity, and leave your mark of intelligence on this planet while advancing its inhabitants.
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