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Can youtube STEM videos from universities replace higher learning?
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eti:
Can a photo of a bowl of rice nourish you as much as a bowl of rice?

 :palm:
daqq:

--- Quote from: eti on October 12, 2021, 08:14:08 pm ---Can a photo of a bowl of rice nourish you as much as a bowl of rice?

 :palm:

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That's not a reasonable comparison. While this kind of education does lack many of the benefits of a real University education, it is far from worthless. It is also a great supplement to it.
PKTKS:

--- Quote from: Ground_Loop on October 11, 2021, 12:35:34 am ---College is a lot more than learning a topic or getting a credential. A degree demonstrates to an employer (or anyone really) that you can set a goal and achieve it, that you can 'play the game,' that you can work on teams with other people you probable don't know, that you have education in areas beyond your field, that you can probably communicate effectively, and on it goes.

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I spent a lot of time in Academia...

My bottom line conclusion is that Corporate IT is a Whorehouse Nazi Mafia...  :palm:

**BUT**  You made me rethink the perspective quite a bit...

More like a gymkhana   for PETs..
Roll over .. swing your tail do not  growl  and do not question..
Fill the circuit in time and be a good pit bull

Nirvana came t o my mind instantly..  :wtf:
they are right  ::)

cheers
Paul
Rick Law:

--- Quote from: PKTKS on October 13, 2021, 11:57:43 am ---
--- Quote from: Ground_Loop on October 11, 2021, 12:35:34 am ---College is a lot more than learning a topic or getting a credential. A degree demonstrates to an employer (or anyone really) that you can set a goal and achieve it, that you can 'play the game,' that you can work on teams with other people you probable don't know, that you have education in areas beyond your field, that you can probably communicate effectively, and on it goes.

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I spent a lot of time in Academia...

My bottom line conclusion is that Corporate IT is a Whorehouse Nazi Mafia...  :palm:

**BUT**  You made me rethink the perspective quite a bit...

More like a gymkhana   for PETs..
Roll over .. swing your tail do not  growl  and do not question..
Fill the circuit in time and be a good pit bull

Nirvana came t o my mind instantly..  :wtf:
they are right  ::)

cheers
Paul

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re: "...My bottom line conclusion is that Corporate IT is a Whorehouse Nazi Mafia...  :palm:"

It is not just Corporate IT.  I bet you, 9 of out a 10 companies/corporations, Corporate Marketing/Sales would be worst, and Corporate "HR" would even beat Marketing/Sales.  If you even made a joke in the present of anyone who may object, HR will come down on you like a ton of bricks.

re: "College is a lot more than learning a topic or getting a credential...that you can probably communicate effectively, and on it goes."

That really is the point of going to College, you can get a well rounded education.  As important as demonstrating "...you can work on teams with other people...", it also allows you to demonstrate when given a goal, you got it done.  College, like any other projects at work one must complete, there are tasks (subjects) within the project you love doing and there are tasks you are uninterested in or even hate doing.  But, when you graduated, it is statement that "I got it done - even the unpleasant tasks".

That said, no doubt college education is on a decline.  I do not have the same "feel of quality" I got from recent graduates as compared to graduates who did it say a 15 years ago.  Then, I knew many who were working part time, or even full time to pay for college while taking what would be considered hard courses.  Now, I see more coasting with their student loans enjoying "studying abroad" for part of their college years.

Oregon dept. of education email newsletter said: "asking math student to show their work is racist."  This is not a direct quote because they use terms much stronger than "racist" and I do not feel comfortable repeating it even in quotes.  I will leave you to read the link from a couple of sources.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/asking-students-to-show-their-work-in-math-class-is-a-form-of-white-supremacy
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/education-oregon/

That mindset will no doubt sip into higher ed, and then to college soon enough.  Personally, I have done math tutoring to supplement my income since high school till graduate school (by then I was a paid TA).  I don't know a better way to see where the student went wrong without seeing their work.

I was paying a lot of attention to education when my kid was young.  My concerns grows as the calendar moved forward.  I am glad my kid is now a college graduate.  I don't have to worry about that anymore..

But in truth, I worry very much how we are training kids.  Kids are our future.  I worry that in the near future, we may not have the knowledge (spread within the society to adequate depth) to support an economy comparable to today with a the standard of living we are accustomed.

PKTKS:

--- Quote from: Rick Law on October 13, 2021, 06:49:07 pm ---It is not just Corporate IT.  I bet you, 9 of out a 10 companies/corporations, Corporate Marketing/Sales would be worst, and Corporate "HR" would even beat Marketing/Sales.  If you even made a joke in the present of anyone who may object, HR will come down on you like a ton of bricks.
(..)

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That is true..

HR NAZI MAFIA wants to put nice pitbulls on a short leash ...
Patronize them until they got whatever it fits..

They have a big EXPENDABLE PET SHOP  to gather from..

Sick mentality... deliberately coming from Academia ..

I got sick of it,

Paul
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