College is a waste of time and money for kids

Re:College is a waste of time and money for kids by mpc on Wednesday February 13, 2008 @04:36PM (#115242)

I'm sorry but I disagree. Traveling is certainly something that is worthwhile, but it's hardly the determining factor in one's personal development that you're making it out to be.

I've been to a lot of places, and I still value things like the books that I've read, personal relationships, real experience etc etc a lot more.

Sometimes all travel contributes to is pretentiousness.

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Re:College is a waste of time and money for kids by ardit33 on Wednesday February 13, 2008 @06:30PM (#115341)

sorry, but taking a cruise to bahamas,or a two weeks trip to europe doesn't make one a "well traveled" being. Living in a different country for a while, it will open you a whole world of differnt perspective, and experience things that you just don't when visiting a place for a few days.

yes, just the fact of knowing a foreign language, (well), tells a lot about a person.

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Re:College is a waste of time and money for kids by uuilly on Wednesday February 13, 2008 @08:58PM (#115435)

Agreed. It really depends on the kind of travel. Watching other people commute is not mind expanding. That said moving somewhere totally different and working there for a year is.

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