Fuck college education, start minding your own business instead

Re:Fuck college education, start minding your own business i... by vaksel on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @01:08PM (#433949)

Expanding of the mind is extra. Would you have gone to college, if there wasn't a big bucks career at the end of the tunnel to repay you for the investment for the $80-160K and 4 years of your life?

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Re:Fuck college education, start minding your own business i... by swombat on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @01:47PM (#434008)

Absolutely. I didn't go to university for the big bucks career, I went because I wanted to learn more Physics.

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Re:Fuck college education, start minding your own business i... by krschultz on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @01:44PM (#434001)

Yes. $80k spread over your life after college is 2k a year at most. So what? Fluctuations in taxes based on who is in power are going to effect your personal bottom line a lot more than that.

Especially when you don't have to pay $80k much less $160k. I paid $10,000 over 4 years. I worked hard enough in high school that every college I applied to wanted to let me come for free, and all I had to do was pay for food and my car. If you are really hard working, don't apply to MIT or the Ivy's and put yourself in debt, just go to a good state school for free.

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Re:Fuck college education, start minding your own business i... by jfarmer on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @01:18PM (#433958)

Yes.

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Re:Fuck college education, start minding your own business i... by puzzle-out on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @04:28PM (#434317)

My studies were not a financial investment like that - most students at 18 are not that financially motivated, and just looking to extend the good times and learn something new.

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