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Re:Americans Are Paying $38 to Collect $1 of Student Debt by acchow on Saturday May 20, 2017 @05:21AM (#14381599)
> Much of a college education is "learning how to learn", not necessarily stuffing one's mind with facts.

I think most degrees are just rote memorization. You must be referring to comparative literature or math or philosophy or something.

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Re:Americans Are Paying $38 to Collect $1 of Student Debt by WalterBright on Saturday May 20, 2017 @12:45PM (#14383186)
It's about learning how to learn. I got much better at learning during college, and many have told me the same thing.

If you picked a college that consisted of rote memorization, you were rooked. Due to google, rote memorization is rather pointless.

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