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Re:Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100k a Year. How Did This... by d0gsg0w00f on Friday April 05, 2024 @06:19PM (#39947965)
The purpose of college is to show people you can jump through four years of bureaucratic hoops with a smile on your face for no guaranteed reward.

This is actually a fantastic test for working in a large company. I always worry that anyone who can't finish college may not be a good fit for a large organization. I'm not always right but I'm right a lot.

Also it really does teach you how to learn. The content doesn't really matter.

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Re:Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100k a Year. How Did This... by lxgr on Friday April 05, 2024 @11:52PM (#39949795)
If that's true (I do believe in it to some extent, but I'm not quite that cynical about it), European universities must be something right: You get a lot of Kafka-grade bureaucratic bang for your buck (often $0)!
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