Do You Really Have to Go to College?

Re:Do You Really Have to Go to College? by ldrex on Monday March 11, 2013 @02:10AM (#5355185)

That's especially true for Russia. The quality of russian university education is extremely low. Youngsters go to uni in order to avoid mandatory enlistment. Indeed, russian army is hell, composed of criminals. So, in some countries (like, Russia) you really HAVE TO go to uni.

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Re:Do You Really Have to Go to College? by 10098 on Monday March 11, 2013 @02:16AM (#5355193)

> russian army is hell, composed of criminals

I wouldn't generalize like that. Russia is a big place. There are all sorts of things happening, and it heavily depends on where you serve. My friend is in Russian army right now, he has access to internet and posts on facebook occasionally. He's doing pretty good and the people surrounding him are all right.

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Re:Do You Really Have to Go to College? by oinksoft on Monday March 11, 2013 @07:26AM (#5356023)

Kremlin Rising, slightly dated now (2005), has a very good chapter on this, and I expect there are other more detailed works on the topic. For many enlistees, it seems the Russian Army (I don't know how this is in other branches) is a terrible place with a culture of physical and sexual abuse, not unlike a good chunk of the US prison system.

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