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Re:Was Germany’s 19th century industrial expansion due to an... by tester756 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @02:25AM (#28582129)
>main thing is people wasting their time + becoming upset and angry at the society, perceiving themselves as the 'intellectual elite' that isn't getting 'valued' enough and unable to get jobs matching their qualifications

Wouldn't higher edu degree becoming "common" invalidate it?

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Re:Was Germany’s 19th century industrial expansion due to an... by WalterBright on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:41AM (#28582467)
I advised a friend to skip the "weeder" classes in college and take the "honors" version. The reason was the profs in the weeders were only there because they had to be there, and the same with the students.

In the honors classes, the students were there because they wanted to learn, and the profs were there because they wanted to teach.

He tried both, and discovered that while he had to work a lot harder in the honors class, it was a lot more fun being in that environment.

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Re:Was Germany’s 19th century industrial expansion due to an... by anovikov on Sunday September 19, 2021 @02:30AM (#28582158)
That's the thing. It has become too common already to give people any actual benefit: it was a way to stand out and it no longer is.
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Re:Was Germany’s 19th century industrial expansion due to an... by nosianu on Sunday September 19, 2021 @02:39AM (#28582194)
No benefit? They have a much better education.

> it was a way to stand out and it no longer is

Education is only good if you stand out? What a discussion.

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Re:Was Germany’s 19th century industrial expansion due to an... by tester756 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:17AM (#28582352)
how about partying whole college, extending childhood?
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