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Re:The University Is Like a CD in the Streaming Age by tech-historian on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:00PM (#23601700)
TBH, college for me was about finding myself as a person. Being away from home for 4 years, I grew so much as a human being in numerous and incalculable ways. Being grouped with thousands of others I've never met before -- you learn "human" skills in a way that can't be taught online.

Online education is great and all, but the crowd that argues that it is the end-all-be-all of learning is missing a key element of the experience.

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Re:The University Is Like a CD in the Streaming Age by cultofmetatron on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:47PM (#23602387)
for the amount of money you probably spent, there are a dozen better ways of "finding yourself."

I think about how much I spent over those 4 years. I could have travelled around the world during that time and come out of it with a much richer experience.

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Re:The University Is Like a CD in the Streaming Age by tech-historian on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:37PM (#23603129)
Education does cost too much, definitely. But in my case it led directly to a stable career path in ways that traveling the world could not. It set me up for life.
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